by crossriverwatch admin The construction of needed facilities at the Cross River State Institute of Technology and Management, Ugep in Yakkur Local Local Government Area is nearly completed setting the stage for its commencement of academic activities soon. Mr. Christain Ita, the Chief Press Secretary to Senator Liyel Imoke who conducted journalists round the facilities
by crossriverwatch admin Tragedy struck on Sunday in Ugep, the headquarters of Yakurr local Government Area of Cross River State as a convoy of Three Hilux trucks belonging to Julius Berger Nigeria Plc with one bearing registration number Abuja RBC 702 XA rammed into two waiting under age children and killed them instantly along Ikom/Calabar
by crossriverwatch admin A report by Yakurr Reporters say some unarmed men walked into the house of one Mr. Nairobi, a business man in Kekonkole Ijom Ugep, in Yakurr LGA or Cross River State and kidnapped his 9 year old boy, Master Walter Ofem, and have demanded N500,000 as ransom. The 9 year old boy
by crossriverwatch admin Mrs. Joy Okuadigbo, Regional Director, Africa Highbury College which is partnering with the Cross River State government to manage the Institute of Management and Technology, IMT Ugep, has promised that the institute will partner with the Cross River State College of Education, Akamkpa on teacher training. Mrs. Okuadigbo who disclosed this while
by crossriverwatch admin Barely one month to the commencement of academic and non academic programs at the Institute of Technology and Management, ITM,Ugep, also known as Cross River State Polytechnic, Governor Liyel Imoke has issued contractors handling various projects at the institute two weeks to complete their remaining work. Imoke who was inspecting the progress
by crossriverwatch admin Communal conflict is brewing between the neighboring communities of Ugep and Ekori in Yakurr local government Area of Cross River State following the killing of a Yakurr man by persons suspected to be from Ekori. Sources said an Ugep man, George Stephen Bassey was abducted on Monday, 16th of September by some
From Wikipedia Leboku is the annual New Yam Festival celebrated in Ugep, Nigeria to honor the earth goddess and the ancestral spirits of the land in Ugep, one of the five settlements of Yakurr. The three week festival is the culmination of many events: the beginning of the yam harvest, a time to
by crossriverwatch admin Inter communal strife between the people of Adadama and Igbo Amabana in Abi local government area in the central part of Cross River State has claimed about seven lives following two days of battle with guns and machetes. The outbreak of hostilities between the two neighbouring communities according to sources started on