By CrossRiverWatch admin The member representing Ogoja in the Cross River State House of Assembly, Hon. Peter Odey, Saturday, paid bursary to over 400 students from his constituency, non indigenes inclusive. The bursary payment which held at the Ogoja council secretariat saw students of Hausa, Yoruba and Igbo origin also benefitting from the bursary largesse.
By CrossRiverWatch admin A factional Leader of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign States of Biafra, MASSOB, Solomon Chukwu, has said that the people of the Niger Delta area and the former Eastern region are part of Biafra, and remains committed to actualize an independent state of their own. In a statement credited
By Godshield Kanjal The member representing Ogoja State constituency in the Cross River State House of Assembly, Hon. Peter Odey says despite persuasions by his supporters to collect charms for his personal and political protection, he rejected the woos because he believed in the protection of God Almighty While speaking at a thanks giving service
By Our Correspondent The late former Deputy Governor of Cross River State, Dr. Mathias Offoboche began his final journey home yesterday in Calabar.
By Our Correspondent The decision of the immediate past administration of Cross River State led by Senator Liyel Imoke to privatize general hospitals in the northern senatorial district continues to raise dust, over one year after the agreement was signed with mixed reactions still trailing it, just as incumbent governor Ben Ayade has publicly spoken
By Our Correspondent The Cross River State Government has expressed profound sadness and shock at the death of one of its illustrious sons and former Deputy Governor, Dr. Mathias Offoboche. A statement signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Barrister Tina Banku Agbor, said the death of Mr. Offoboche is coming at a time
By CrossRiverWatch admin CrossRiverWatch has confirmed that a former Deputy Governor of Cross River State, Dr. Mathias Offoboche has died in a London hospital after a protracted illness. The octogenarian was said to have taken critically ill of an undisclosed ailment last week and was rushed to a hospital in London where he gave up
By Christiana Alawa/Archibong Jeremiah, House of Assembly Correspondent The member representing Ogoja State Constituency in the Cross River State House of Assembly, Hon. Peter Odey has thrown his weight behind the signature projects of the state Governor Senator Ben Ayade. Hon. Odey who barred his mind in an exclusive interview with CrossRiverWatch in his Calabar