By Ugani Elijah Obudu Local Government Council in Cross River State has signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU with the Cross River State Government’s SmartGov in a deal facilitated by the Growth and Employment in States, GEMS3 on improved approach to revenue collection using the Point of Sale (POS) machine within the council’s jurisdiction. The
By Elijah Ugani Financial activities in Obudu suffered a setback today Friday, February 20, 2015 as the few operational Banks in the town are under lock and key, this was observed in the early hours this morning. When our reporter visited the banks which include Zenith Bank, First Bank and Eco Bank this morning, the
By Elijah Ugani The Local Inspector, LI of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC in Obudu Local Government Area, Mr. Ogar Olayi has commended corpers to for being well behaved and enjoined them to put to practice lessons learnt during the service year to make their career prosper. He made this commendation at the send
By Jonathan Ugbal Cross Riverians like millions of other Nigerians heaved a sigh of relief on October 20, 2014 when the world health organization WHO declared the country free of the dreaded Ebola Virus Disease ( EVD) The spread of the virus in Nigeria had a rippling effect with the education sector being one of
By Jonathan Ugbal The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC Adhoc staff registration in Obudu local government area has been concluded with cries of extortion and irregularities by staff. The nationwide exercise which lasted three days CrossRiverWatch gathered was to recruit and train Adhoc staff for the rescheduled general elections. Students who spoke with CrossRiverWatch on
By Jonathan Ugbal Infrastructural decay is one of the many issues that overtime have become front burners in the political and economical discourse of both the electorate and elected in Cross River State. This impacts directly on the economy and welfare of the citizenry as decayed infrastructures are often left or ignored despite appeals by
By Jonathan Ugbal Over 100 pupils of Saint John’s primary school Okworotung in Obudu local government area now receive classes under tree shades after a heavy rainstorm blew off the roof of their classrooms. An unlikely gust of wind eyewitness say blew off the roof at about 7 pm on January 12 earlier this year.
When you speak in the language I do not understand, you literally throw me into the valley of overwhelming thoughts. I could bury my soul there for as long as you’d speak. I just could be lost. Have you forgotten that old story about the tortoise who claimed to be “everybody”? He succeeded because nobody