by crossriverwatch admin After weeks of wrangling amongst stakeholders and the elected councillors, both parties came to a compromise over those to function as officials of the legislature in Ogoja; consequently, the Chairman of Ogoja Local Government Area, Hon. Rita Agbo Ayim over the weekend inaugurated the Legislative arm of the Council. Mr. Christopher Moshe
by crossriverwatch admin Barely two weeks after one person was killed when angry youths and the police clashed in Ogoja, the northern part of Cross River State, another violent clash between two rival secret cult groups has left two youths dead. The clash, which took place in Sunday night reportedly started at the burial of
by crossriverwatch admin Cross River State Carnival Ambassador, Mr. Sunny Neji, was recently conferred a chieftaincy title as Ntol Ashe 1 of Ekajuk, meaning King of Music in Ekajuk and Ogoja land by the Ekajuk Traditional Council. The Afro-high life musician, who is from Ogoja (Ishibori), was in his home town to celebrate the 50th
by crossriverwatch admin Stranded residents of No. 27 Mission Road in Ogoja this morning told CrossRiverWatch that but for the grace of God and the efforts of neighbors who came to their rescue, their entire street may have been consumed by an inferno which engulfed a block of shops razing everything including one of the
by crossriverwatch admin A teenage girl in Ogoja (names withheld) on Thursday evening stunned worshippers in St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church in Igoli when she confessed how she mistakenly hypnotized her father with ‘juju’ and turned him to a sex toy. According to the twenty two year old girl, she met a man in Ogoja
by crossriverwatch admin A Soldier, Corporal Agbo attached to the Brigadier Ally Military Brigade, Ogoja Cross River State on Sunday 15th of September 2013 killed three persons and shattered his own legs when he drove his Honda Accord car recklessly after drinking to stupor. Sources said Corporal Agbo took his girl friend, Christiana Michael Imo
by crossriverwatch admin The Northern Senatorial district of Cross River State is ready and united to produce the next governor of the state come 2015 as it is its turn to occupy the number one position of the state. Dr. Mathias Oko Offoboche, the deputy governor of the erstwhile Cross River state between 1979 and
by crossriverwatch admin A young Ogoja naval officer, Navy Captain Clement Ekpenti Atabi on Thursday morning in Calabar took the reins of THUNDER, The flag ship of the Nigerian Navy as it sets sail to Australia to participate in the International Fleet Review scheduled for the 3rd to 11th of October 2013 in Sidney, Australia.