By Sylvia Etta The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Stephen Oru, on Thursday, said that the ongoing expansion of the East-West road would cost one billion dollars (about N165 billion). Mr. Oru disclosed this in Calabar, Cross River State, during the graduation ceremony of the 2nd Batch of participants of the Identify, Train and Engage
It was a sunny afternoon! Calabar sun was having its regular competition with only God knows who. Human and every other living thing seemed to wither under the intense sun. Trust me, it wasn’t a weather to smile at. But I found myself in a cab along Marian by Ekong Ita road. Just when the
By Our Correspondent Cross River governorship aspirant and immediate past Special Adviser to Senator Imoke on Investments Promotion, Mr. Gerald Ada, has commenced intervention efforts at the very terrible Okpogrinya junction along the Ikom-Ogoja section of the Calabar-Ogoja-Katsina Ala federal highway. When the CrossRiverWatch and calitown.com crew passed through the road to cover the Cross
By Raymond Ekemini The 2014 Students Union Government, SUG, election of the University of Calabar, UNICAL earlier aborted a month ago took a new dimension yesterday as Malabites and Malabresses had to for the first time decide who rules them online. The voting exercise commenced at exactly 10am as scheduled. All eligible students had received
By Sylvia Etta Nine members of Governor Liyel Imoke’s Executive Council who are vying for various elective political offices in the forth coming general elections have resigned their appointments from the state executive council CrossRiverWatch can report. Available information from the office of the SSG names the nine former State Executive members as Secretary to
By Sylvia Etta Over sixty members of the Odukpani Caucus of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party PDP, led by the Leader of the caucus, Professor Ndem Ayara, on Sunday night drilled aspirants for the Cross River State government house, Peregrino House in 2015. Aspirants started arriving the Channels View Hotel venue of the meeting as
By Obaji Akpet The first London style double-decker fun tour bus has been launched in the Cross River State capital, Calabar by one of Nigeria’s foremost tour operation company, NovaRosta Ltd. It is the first of its kind to be launched in West Africa. The bus was first spotted by CrossRiverWatch at the Margaret Ekpo
By Laureta Akpan Information reaching CrossRiverWatch indicate that at least five members of the Cross River State Executive Council, SEC will be leaving the council this week to concentrate on their election campaigns. The five which include Commissioners and Special Advisers from the northern part of the state who are eyeing the governorship are Mr.