By Efa Sunday The Cross River State chapter of the Organised Labour Union has joined other State unions in the peaceful protest for a NGN30, 000 minimum wage across the streets of Calabar. Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Cross River State, Comrade John Ushie, while addressing members of the union at Mary Slessor
Patrick Obia, Kelvin Ololo And Godwin Otang The Vice Chancellor of Cross River University of Technology (CRUTECH), Prof. Anthony Owan Enoh yesterday appealed to his students in Calabar campus to suspend the peaceful protest embarked on as a result of prolonged power blackout on campus among other things. He assured them that, “The management is
By Ushang Ewa Disengaged staff of the Cross River State Water Board limited say they are been owed over NGN20 million in accumulated stipends. The leader of the group, Mr. Gabriel Onah told CrossRiverWatch in an interview on Monday that the staff numbering 98 has exhausted all avenues to seek the board to pay them
By Violet Isek Natives of Ukelle community in Yala local government area of northern Cross River State have demanded drastic action from the governor, Senator Ben Ayade to end the recent communal clash with the neighboring Izzi local government area of Ebonyi State as they face extinction. A group of the natives led by Mr.
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Women from Okuni Community in Ikom Local Government Area of Cross River state on Monday, took to the streets to demand justice for a woman who was gang-raped in the presence of her husband. Numbering over one thousand, the women, dressed in black, commenced their peaceful march at the police station in
By Violet Isek Women in Obubra local government area of central Cross River State are currently protesting what they term as neglect following the continuous invasion of their villages especially in Osopong communities by neighboring Izzi local government area of Ebonyi State. The women who stormed the local government secretariat in their numbers have chased
By Archibong Jeremiah CrossRiverWatch can confirm that Dr. Emem Moses Udoh Dr. Emem, a Senior Registrar in the Paediatrics unit, University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH) kidnapped on Monday 8th of January, 2018 has been rescued from her abductors on Thursday and reunited with her family. According to information available to our newsroom from the
By Jonathan Ugbal Residents of Bogobiri in Ward 1 of Calabar South local government area are currently protesting a two months long power outage in their area. They are also complaining about the electrocution of three residents within a period of about 90 days. “Three people have died so far and we don’t have light