by crossriverwatch admin In preparation for resumption of academic activities, Cross River State Governor, Senator Liyel Imoke yesterday inspected facilities being put in place at the Institute of Technology and Management Ugep. The governor who did not make any speech, was conducted round by the Rector of the Institute of Technology and Management, Dr. William
by crossriverwatch admin Mr Rekpene Bassey, the Cross River State Security Adviser has lost his mother, Mrs. Akador Elizabeth Odu, who passed on at the Nigerian Navy Hospital Calabar, on the 13th of June, 2014 at the age of 84 years. In a letter addressed to CrossRiverWatch, Mr. Bassey stated that Mrs Odu was a
by crossriverwatch admin Chief Linus Okom, fondly called Ada Bekwara is a political kingmaker in Bekwara Local Government Area and Cross River State. He was recently selected as the chairman of the northern senatorial caucus of the ruling PDP in the state. The caucus has been saddled with the task of producing a single candidate
by crossriverwatch admin The University of Calabar yesterday announced the cancellation of the Students Union Government Elections after three students were shot “accidentally” by the school security operatives known as Surveillance. The announcement was made by the Vice Chancellor Prof James Epoke after a seemingly peaceful election snowballed into protest and a call for cancellation
by crossriverwatch admin The clearest indication that President Goodluck Jonathan will contest the 2015 presidential election emerged yesterday in Calabar, Cross River State with the ringing endorsement of the President for the election by South-South governors and leaders of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP). The endorsement of the President for the 2015 presidential election was
by crossriverwatch admin Cross River State according to the National Population Commission, has a population of about 2,892,988. Cross River State is today one of the hotspot of Nigerian tourism industry. For instance, the Cross River National Park has the largest area of protected tropical rain forest in Nigeria. In the Park you will find
by crossriverwatch admin The National Vice Chairman of the opposition All Progressive Congress, APC South South, Mr. Hilliard Ettah has appealed to aggrieved members of the party in Cross River State not to decamp to the ruling PDP. Mr. Ettah made the appeal during his recent visit to Cross River State where he held series
by crossriverwatch admin The UIkelke nation comprised of several communities and villages in Yala Local Government Area of Cross River State has bemoaned the state of its devastated road for which construction work awarded to a local construction firm in 2011 by the Cross River Rural Access and Mobility Board , RAMB has been abandoned.