By Our Reporter Mr. Jeremiah Archibong, a CrossRiverWatch correspondent had his phones seized in court yesterday and was briefly detained by the duty police officer in court for allegedly recording court proceedings. CrossRiverWatch gathered that the phones were seized when one of the accused persons (Inspector Gershom), recognized the correspondent and raised alarm that they
By CrossRiverWatch admin A High Court of Cross River State sitting in Calabar and presided over by the Honorable Justice Michael Edem, has remanded 14 dismissed police officers in police custody pending ruling on a contentious bail application by the defence lawyers. The dismissed officers are standing trial in Charge No. HC/2C/2016 for the murder
By CrossRiverWatch admin Over one hundred retirees in Calabar, the Cross River State Capital are demanding for the immediate payment of their gratuity which has not been paid for the past five years. The retirees in a peaceful protest to the governor’s office carried placards with inscriptions like; we are demanding for the right payment
By CrossRiverWatch admin Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State has again promised that the Calabar garment factory, one of his signature projects will be commissioned by the 1st of April, 2016. The garment factory which was earlier scheduled to be commissioned within the first hundred days in office of Ayade’s administration has seen delays
By: Solomon Asha/Emmanuel Ulayi The path of destiny and leadership, as it has been known from the time of yore to our own age is normally accompanied with burden and loneliness. Any man or woman with divine destiny to fulfill or is divinely fore-ordained to carry out certain tasks in mortality for the good of
More than a year ago, precisely on January 2nd 2015, in a semi rural community called Oban Town, then Governor Liyel Imoke brought then candidate Ben Ayade as part of his entourage, to grace the Akachak Festival, the annual community carnival organised by the Ejagham East people in Oban Town. Imoke had promised to rank
By Aplefe Ojong Journalists, Media Practitioners and other major stakeholders in the information management sector in Cross River State have urged members of the Nigeria Union of Journalists to eschew violence, character assassination and campaign of calumny during their forthcoming delegate election to elect the new executive of the union for another three years. CrossRiverWatch
By CrossRiverWatch admin The senator representing Cross River Central Senatorial District in the National Assembly on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party PDP, Senator John Owan-Enoh, has urged Nigerians to support President Muhammadu Buhari in his bid to tackle the challenges facing the country. Owan-Enoh, who is the Chairman, Senate Committee on Finance, made the