By crossriverwatch admin Media practitioners and friends of the pen profession in Cross River State on Thursday September 17, 2014, (7.00am-9.00am) gathered at the Ernest Etim Bassey’s Center, Calabar in a night of tributes in honor of the late prolific writer and former Calabar correspondent of Thisday Newspaper as well as CrossRiverWatch Reporter, Mr. Jude
by crossriverwatch admin Bipam Bifefe, you stand taller than many institutions your age, O! How illustrious personalities long to attend, bowing to a sage, My beautiful Bipam Bifefe, celebrated with unseen grandeur, Like a mistress whose suitors are clouded in a mystical cage, I write for you a fond and Memorable page. But please accept
by crossriverwatch admin Cross River State yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the state government and four concessionaires for the management of three general hospitals and the provision and management of outdoor signage services. The General Hospital, Bekwarra, was concessioned to Bakor Hospital Ltd, Saint Luke Hospital Consortium was handed General Hospital, Obudu,
by crossriverwatch admin The Bedia Development Association, Lagos branch yesterday, Sunday joined parts of northern Cross River State to celebrate the annual Obudu Yam Festival. The event which held at an event center in Ajegunle, Lagos also witnessed the launching of the association’s almanac and launching of a ten million Naira Appeal Fund for the
by crossriverwatch admin For his efforts in promoting culture and tourism in the state, Cross River’s illustrious son and Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of Cross River’s most widely read online magazine, CrossRiverWatch, Mr. Agba Jalingo has been honored with the Media Man of the Year award. The award was presented to Mr. Jalingo by one of Cross River’s
by crossriverwatch admin A caucus member of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Obudu Local Government, Mr. Tom Ashue, was yesterday seen by our reporter distributing a bunch of the Permanent Voters’ Cards (PVC) to residents at Port Harcourt Street, Obudu. According to our reporter, Mr. Ashue was bragging about how he gave money
by crossriverwatch admin The combined efforts of the obudu Local Government Youth Council, the local vigilante, the Nigeria police and the family of the deceased has led to the arrest of a major suspect in last Sunday’s killing of a nineteen year old final year student of Renaissance University, Esther Elilo Ukwayi, in Obudu. Esther
by crossriverwatch admin Prevailing security worries in Obudu seem to be worsening with the Sunday, July 27 killing of a nineteen year old undergraduate, Miss Esther Elilo Ukwayi in front of the father’s compound at Bekpam layout by an unknown gunman. Elilo as she is fondly called, a final year student of Mass Communication at