By CrossRiverWatch admin The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Pastor Usani Uguru Usani has said that he is irredeemably ashamed of the communal war between his village, Nko and neighbouring Mkpani, the home town of a former governor of the state, Mr. Clement Ebri, all in Yakurr Local Government of Cross River state. At the
By Utang Bassey The level of snatching of valuables by touts, gangsters, street urchins and the dreaded skolombo boys in some areas of Calabar south axis of Cross River’s capital city continues to rise with students of the Cross River University of Technology, CRUTECH, fast becoming easy targets. Also, the number of break-ins while people
By CrossRiverWatch admin President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed yet another Cross Riverian, Barrister Okoi Obono Obla as his Special Assistant on Prosecution. In a letter signed by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Engineer Babachir David Lawal, and also sighted by CrossRiverWatch, Chief Obla was informed that President Muhammadu Buhari has approved his
By Jonathan Ugbal; Government House Correspondent The government of Cross River State has directed the Onyadama and Enyima communities of Obubra and Yakurr local government areas to evacuate the disputed land between the two communities which led to a communal crisis recently. “Nobody from Onyadama or Enyima goes into that land until the Boundary Commission
By Ogar Monday, House of Assembly Correspondent The Cross River State House of Assembly has inaugurated five ad hoc Committees to appraise the 1st quarter performance of the 2016 approved budget of the State. The Committees are to confirm all revenue targets as provided for in the 2016 Appropriation Bill, assess actual monthly performance for
By CrossRiverWatch admin In continuation of a series of scheduled nationwide and sectoral town hall meetings, the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo yesterday took questions from 100 pressure groups at the Oranmiyan Hall of the Airport Hotel in Lagos, where he assured Nigerians that the Lagos – Calabar railway was safe and secured in the 2016
By CrossRiverWatch admin The Nigerian Navy (NN) has deployed a new Flag Officer Commanding (FOC) to the Eastern Naval Command (ENC) which has its headquarters in Calabar the Cross River state capital. The Director of Information NN, Commodore Christian Ezekobe who disclosed this in a statement recently says the change is in line with
By Our Correspondent In a move that will take many aback, the National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA) has dragged the Cross River State Government to the Federal High Court in Calabar seeking an order to stop any further construction work on the proposed 260km superhighway without carrying out an Environmental Impact Assessment