By Our Correspondent Governor Ben Ayade has directed the immediate suspension of the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, Mrs. Anne Odey, over the stoppage of morning devotion in secondary and primary schools in the state. To this end, a 3 man committee to be chaired by the SSG has been set up to investigate the
By Emma Una Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, has rejected the directive by the Cross Rive State Government to stop morning devotion in secondary and primary schools across the state saying such a directive is totally unacceptable to the Association. In a release made available to CrossRiverWatch and, signed by its State Chairman, Archbishop Joseph
By Jonathan Ugbal Cross River’s governor Benedict Ayade says the introduction of a skills acquisition program by the Nigerian Christian Pilgrims Commission (NCPC) in its youth Pilgrimage tour is laudable just as he made a case for a holy land in Nigeria. According to Ayade who says he has seen the agricultural system in place
By Our Correspondent Cross River State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has enjoined Nigerian Muslims to exhibit the virtues of peace and love in their daily dealings with men of all faith, noting that Islam as a religion of peace abhors violence in whatever guise. The governor who congratulated the Muslim Ummah on the success of
By Jonathan Ugbal The fusion of ancient cultural practices with Christianity is a challenge still faced by many communities in the twenty first century. This played out in Abonkib clan in Urban ward one of Obudu local government area of northern Cross River state recently as the community excommunicated the Bebua (Children of) Idoko family
By Godshield Kanjal The newly inaugurated Chairman of the Cross River state chapter of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria PFN, Pastor Lawrence Ekwok has raised alarm over the increasing number of fake pastors in the state, advising them to desist from such ungodly acts. Pastor Ekwok, who frowned at this act in Calabar, recently during
By Monday Ogar A religious clash was averted in the University of Calabar yesterday, as members of the Muslim Student’s Society of Nigeria, MSSN were holding their annual Muslim week celebration as part of the 2014/2015 academic session student’s week in Malabor square. The event which holds annually in the school is organized by the
by crossriverwatch admin Pastor W.F. Kumuyi of the Deeper Life Christian Ministry is scheduled to storm Calabar the Cross River State capital for a three day miracle crusade scheduled to hold from July 29th to 30th. The state over seer of the church in Calabar, Professor Friday Uduigwoimen, a lecturer in the department of Philosophy