By Itiunbe Atunka Dealers of petroleum products in northern Cross River are currently accusing the embattled factional leader of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, Mr. Lawrence Agim as the mastermind behind the arrest and harassment of its members in Obudu local government area. Leaders of the Obudu/Obanliku chapter of the Petroleum Dealers And
By David Nsa Some families have now been rendered homeless after fire ate up their home (properties inclusive) No. 14 Foster street, off Main Avenue in Calabar South, Cross River State. Our reporter who arrived the scene early hour of Tuesday morning gathered that the fire started at about 6pm the previous day from an
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Information reaching our newsroom has it that another Cross River University of Technology (CRUTECH) graduate has been gunned down in a gang related violence. Isaac Atamba, native of Igwo village Obudu LGA in Cross River State was shot dead Friday while working at his laundry shop Atimbo. As at the time of
Benedict Bengioshuye Ayade, an illustrious son of Kakum in Ipong Ward of Obudu, an environmentalist, inventor (they say), Lawyer, Professor and business mogul as widely known was no doubt irresistible as a choice to take over from the silent and smooth achiever and Governor of Cross River State, Senator Liyel Imoke in 2015; especially for
For a mass population of the Obudu, people, with unarguably the most politically sophisticated elite class in Cross River State, the Ayade governorship has presented them with an incomprehensible paradox. While his emergence as the first democratically elected governor of northern Cross River State extraction has enhanced their claim to being the drivers of Northern
By Jonathan Ugbal Justice Valentine Ashi of the Federal Capital Territory High Court reputed to have ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the Nigeria’s secret police, the SSS and other security agencies to arrest former petroleum minister within 72 hours has died. Ashi died on Friday at an undisclosed hospital in Abuja due
By CrossRiverWatch Admin No fewer than five communities in Obudu are currently deliberating how best to chase Fulani herders who had occupied hilly areas of Ohong, Bedia, Ibong, Bebuabie, Begiaba, Kutiang and Akorshie communities. Five of the said villages had come together and nominated 10 youths whom were tasked to eject the herders who are
0By Our Reporter Arrangements have been concluded by the Government of Cross River State for the establishment of a State Model School in Obudu Local Government Area, as directed by the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) in order to benchmark excellence in basic education. The Executive Chairman, State Universal Basic Education Board, Dr. Stephen Odey