By CrossRiverWatch admin The member representing Calabar South/Akpabuyo/Bakassi Federal Constituency, Hon. Essien Ayi (PDP) was today caught on camera in deep sleep while President Buhari was presenting the 2016 Budget Proposal to a joint session of the National Assembly. While his counterpart, Hon. Legor Idagbo representing Obudu/Obanlikwu/Bekwara, who sat beside him, was paying rapt attention
By Jonathan Ugbal The senator representing Cross River northern senatorial district in the 8th assembly Rose Oko, Saturday in Ogoja shared 6 million Naira amongst constituents thanking them for voting her in absentia. In a similar vein, the member representing the Obudu/Obanliku/Bekwarra federal constituency in the 8th Assembly, Hon. Legor Idagbo also gave each of
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent The remains of late Deputy Governor of the old Cross River State, Mathias Offoboche has been laid to rest in his hometown Okuku in Yala local government area with past and serving governors of the state as well as Akwa Ibom state attending the burial rites. Cross River’s governor,
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