By CrossRiverWatch Admin On Tuesday, March 18th, 2025, President Bola Tinubu suspended the Governor of River State and the deputy Mrs. Ngozi Odu, and all elected members of the House of Assembly of Rivers State for an initial period of six months. The President having declared a state of emergency in Rivers, nominated Vice Admiral
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, President Bola Tinubu, has suspended the Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, his Deputy Mrs. Ngozi Odu and all elected members of the House of Assembly of Rivers State, for six months. President Tinubu in a State of the Nation broadcast on Tuesday, March
By CrossRiverWatch Admin A Cross Riverian, Endora Williams has narrated how one of the Police officers arrested in Rivers State for assaulting a citizen almost got killed when he was in Calabar. Endora, who took to Facebook to express herself after seeing the news of the arrest of the cops, said she was neighbors with
By Ushang Ewa The chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers State, Desmond Akawor says the description of Governor Nyesom Wike as a security threat to Cross River by Alphonsus Eba, the state chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was akin to a millipede challenging an elephant. Mr. Eba had on Tuesday
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Cross River State APC Chapter Chairman, Barrister Alphonsus Ogar Eba has threatened Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers State. Eba while calling on the IG of Police said he will direct Cross River youths to stop Gov. Wike if he dares to enter Cross River State tomorrow as scheduled. In the press conference
By Ushang Ewa Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River on Monday visited the family of the late former military Governor of River’s State, Brigadier General Anthony Ukpo two weeks after he passed on. He was accompanied to the late General’s private residence by his deputy, Professor Ivara Esu, Chief of Staff, Martin Orim among other
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Cross River Governor, Ben Ayade has lamented the death of one – time Military Administrator of the old Rivers State (now Rivers and Bayelsa States), Brigadier General Anthony Ukpo (rtd). General Ukpo who was also a former Minister of Information died on Monday, days after his sister passed away in the United
By Jonathan Ugbal The former military Governor of River’s State, Brigadier General Anthony Ukpo has died aged 74. Born Stephen Anthony Ukpo, the late military man who also served as Nigeria’s Minister of Information during the General Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida’s regime died on Monday after a brief sickness. A native of Okpoma in Yala Local