by crossriverwatch admin No fewer than 28 magistrates were sworn in by the Chief Judge of Cross River State and Chairman, Judicial Service Commission, Justice Okoi Ikpi Itam at the High Court No. 1, Mary Slessor Avenue, Calabar. Of the twenty eight newly appointed magistrates, eight of them were converted on transfer of service including
by crossriverwatch admin There are indications that the Department of Public Transportation may have become one of the major agencies of government that generates huge revenue on daily basis to the State government coffers. Investigations by CrossRiverWatch reveal that the department which was established in 2009 to over see the regulation and enforcement of public
by crossriverwatch admin The delegates that voted at the recent All progressive Congress (APC) state Congress were said to have voted at gunpoint to elect Usani Usani and other state executive members. The delegates who came from 18 local government areas of the State according to an insider were strictly instructed to vote for Usani
by crossriverwatch admin The production of palm oil will begin in the 6,384 hectares Wilmer Calaro Oil Palm Estate in Mbarakom, Akamkpa Local Government Area of Cross River in 2016. The Senior Estate Manager of the plantation, Mr Henry Dusmin, made the disclosure in an interview with newsmen in the Oil Palm Estate, Mbarakom recently.
by crossriverwatch admin Mr. Eno-Obong Nathaniel, a native of Akpabuyo Local Government who was reported to be sick and stranded in Calabar has given up the ghost. His lifeless body was found early this morning as at about 6:20am lingering at the edge of a gutter at no. 6A Hawkins road (Government Primary School Hawkins),
by crossriverwatch admin “There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice. But there must never be a time when we fail to protest” –Elie Wiesel I wish this great scholar had my dear beloved Cross Riverians in mind when he made this statement, the present political dimension in the state as we
by crossriverwatch admin The Calabar South LGA Supervisor for Education, Mrs. Tonia Ndem has urged Calabar South students to exist in unity and avoid rancor that may divide the Union. She made the call after the LGA students union conducted their election for new executives at the council hall. The supervisor commended the electoral body
by crossriverwatch admin Yesterday an elderly man who seemed lost was found by residents of Inyang Ekeng Street, Calabar South, Cross River State. The man who gave his name as Mr. Eno-Obong Nathaniel a native of Akpabuyo was found at about 9:41am yesterday Wednesday sleeping in the farm of the first victim of the attempted