by crossriverwatch admin The Executive Chairman of Bakassi Local Government, Dr. Ekpo Ekpo Bassey has said that former Special Adviser to ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo on National Assembly Matters, Senator Florence Ita-Giwa deceived the nation when she allegedly championed the report that 1800 Nigerians were evicted from their former settlement, manhandled and 11 others killed by
by crossriverwatch admin Bakassi indigenes ejected from their Efut Obot Ikot village by Cameroonian authorities in March and now sheltering in St. Mark Primary School, Ikot Eyo in Akpabuyo Local Government area are now in a standoff with the Bakassi local government officials who want them to relocate to Ekpri Ikang in Bakassi. To eject
by crossriverwatch admin An Arik aircraft with registration number 5N-MJE developed fault at take off at the Margaret Ekpo International Airport Calabar on Saturday afternoon . The flight which was scheduled for takeoff to Abuja at 11 am eventually made effort to take off at about 2 pm but the aircraft could not take off
by crossriverwatch admin The police at the Federal Housing Calabar, the Cross River State capital are investigating the veracity of a report by a house wife, Mrs Ifeyinwa Uquak, alleging that her husband, Pastor Edward Uquak , serially defiled their six year old adopted daughter, Wondaful Faith Uquak. The 17 year old childless marriage between
by crossriverwatch admin It was a gory spectacle on Friday evening at Ehom Village, Akamkpa along the Calabar –Ikom highway when a trailer traveling to Calabar crushed five members of the same family, three females and two males while on their way to Ikom in the central district of the state. The empty trailer, an
by crossriverwatch admin A squabble between two shoe menders Haruna Ibrahim and Aboki Zamfara who claim to be supporters of two European football teams, Chelsea and Manchester United in Calabar the Cross River State capital ended tragically after one struck the other with a plank killing him instantly. Haruna allegedly struck Aboki with a plank
by crossriverwatch admin A thirty year old man, whose name was simply given as Rowland is now in police custody in Calabar while awaiting trial for allegedly raping a thirteen year old girl, Miss Mary (surname withheld) over the weekend. The distraught girl who reported the incident to the police at Akim Police Division which
by crossriverwatch admin The Cross River State Head of Service, HOS, Mrs. Mary-Theresa Ikwen has emphasized the need to acquire planning and research skills to improve productivity in the civil and public service. She stated this in Calabar while declaring open a 3-day workshop on Data Management and Analysis for Planning Research and Statistics. The