By CrossRiverWatch admin The newly appointed Chairman of the Cross River State Sports Commission, Hon. Orok Duke has blamed the close to two years delay in hosting the National Sports Festival on shylock contractors who collected monies and failed to deliver on the event venues on schedule. The festival dubbed “Paradise Games” which was supposed
By CrossRiverWatch admin Former Cross River State Deputy Governor, Dr. Mathias Offoboche was finally laid to rest in his hometown in Yala Local Government Area of Cross River State.
By Aplefe Ojong The National Leadership of the Nigerian Labor Congress, (NLC) has been called upon to urgently call the Cross River NLC to order to avert division of the labor movement in the state. Mr. Godwin Ayendi, State President of National Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), made the call while reacting to the
By Ikwen Atuaka A fuel station in Obudu has been reportedly razed to the ground with the Fire Service reportedly not taking action despite being located less than a minute drive away. The outbreak according to eyewitness accounts began in the early hours of Sunday when a tanker was discharging petroleum products into the underground
By Ushang Ewa Evacuation of waste by the Calabar Urban Development Authority (CUDA) has again stopped with waste piles visible across the city, CrossRiverWatch can authoritatively report. Findings by CrossRiverWatch reveal that the evacuation in Calabar South stopped long before that of Calabar Municipal council with residents suffering similar fate like less than four months
By Our Correspondent The Speaker of the Cross River State House of Assembly, Hon. John Gaul Lebo, has called for a reform process to achieve Economic Democracy rather than the prevailing Political Democracy in the country. The Speaker expressed concerns that with falling oil prices and dwindling economic fortunes across the globe, Nigeria as a
By CrossRiverWatch admin He died on Monday at the age of 86 according to family sources. Born in Oron, Akwa Ibom State, in 1929, Mr. Toyo, a professor of Economics, had his early education in Oron, Lagos and Calabar. He passed the Cambridge School Certificate in 1945 in Grade one and was exempted from London
By Ogar Monday The Cross River State Government has reiterated its commitment to eradicate HIV/AIDS in the State as well as support victims and champion educational programs against the spread of the dreaded virus. The State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade gave this assurance Monday morning while during the walk to mark the 2015 worlds HIV/AIDS