by crossriverwatch admin The Akpabuyo Local Government Area of Cross River State said it is collaborating with Rhema Care, a Switzerland-based non-governmental organization, to train no fewer than 400 women in vocational skills. The Chairman of council, Dr Patrick Okon, made this known in an interview with newsmen in Akpabuyo. Okon said that the program
by crossriverwatch admin Gov. Liyel Imoke of Cross River has restated his call for the removal of solid mineral resources from the exclusive legislative list in the Constitution to encourage states and private sector participation. Imoke made the call during an interactive session with newsmen in Calabar on Friday. He said the State Government had
by crossriverwatch admin The National Conference Standing Committee on Environment has recommended, to plenary, compensation for the people of Bakassi for the loss of their resources due to the ceding of their land to Cameroon. The Chairperson of the committee, Sen. Florence Ita-Giwa told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Abuja that
by crossriverwatch admin The Senate President, Senator David Mark has thrown his weight behind the ambition of the Senate Leader, Victor Ndoma Egba to return to the senate for a fourth term. Senator Mark was speaking at the fifth empowerment program of the Senate Leader held yesterday at Government Secondary School, Ikom his home town.
by crossriverwatch admin Cross River Attorney General, Attah Ochinke convened a meeting in his office with telecom companies in the state over the move by the government to enforce compliance with the structural integrity policy by telecommunication companies operating in the state. He spoke with CrossRiverWatch after the meeting. Excerpts: CrossRiverWatch: What is the rationale
by crossriverwatch admin An ex- convict has been caught again in the act of stealing by a combined team of the University of Calabar, UNICAL and security men and men of the Nigeria Police. The suspect whose name was not given was said to have snatched a student’s hand bag containing valuables and attempted to
by crossriverwatch admin The Interim National Executive Committee of the All Progressives Congress APC has appointed Cross River lawyer and activist, Barrister Obono Obla as a member of the APC National Convention Planning Committee with the Governor of Sokoto State, Alhaji Aliyu Wamako as Chairman and Senator Chris Ngige as Secretary. Mr. Obla is one
by crossriverwatch admin A thirteen-year-old girl, Felicia Agwagu is now in detention at the Homicide Unit of the Cross River State Police Command after she allegedly stoned a twenty five year old man to death in Ogoja, Northern Cross River State. The girl, a student of Igoli Girls Secondary School, Ogoja was said to have