By Sunday Efa The accommodation problems faced by Bakassi returnees may be far from over as 4,715 of them in Obutong, Bakassi local government area have only 200 houses to reside in. This means and average of 23.575 people, approximately 24 people reside in each of the two bedroom houses built by the government. The
By Sunday Efa The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has donated food items worth millions of Naira as well as an undisclosed amount of money to the Internally Displaced People (IDPs) at camp in Obutong, Bakassi. The donation which was made through the commission’s Directorate of Education, Health and Social Services on Tuesday is seen
By Jonathan Ugbal The faction of the Cross River State chapter of the All Progressives Congress state executive led by Matthew Achigbe was recognised by the party as the authentic delegates. Mr. Achigbe’s executive was produced in a state congress which favored former Cross River Governor, Chief Clement Ebri and federal lawmaker, Senator John Owan-Enoh
By Violet Isek The Chairman of the Niger Delta Development Commission, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba has called for “adequate funding” of public Universities to meet up with changing trends as education is the bedrock of a successful society. Ndoma-Egba made the call Saturday in Calabar while speaking at the 31st convocation ceremony of the University of
By CrossRiverWatch Admin When I relocated my law practice from Ogoja to Calabar in the early 1980,s, then I was with the enigmatic Kanu Agabi,now Senator, Senior Advocate of Nigeria, former Attorney General of the Federation and Minister for Justice, ex this ex that, Calabar was long established as a City of history, learning and
By Jonathan Ugbal President Muhammadu Buhari and the deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu among many other dignitaries, graced the funeral interment of late Elder Adeline Ndoma-Egba, mother of the Chairman of the board of the Niger Delta Development Commission, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba at Akparabong, Ikom local government area of Cross River State
By Jonathan Ugbal The remains of Madam Adeline Ndoma-Egba, mother of the Board Chairman of the Niger Delta Development Commission, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba, has begun its final journey home. The mourning house opened on Monday at the Dr. Bassey Ndoma-Egba Hills, in Bokomo community of Ikom local government area. And, as at press time, a
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Preamble There has been an interesting ongoing debate as the 2019 elections approaches about who should be the rightful candidate to represent Cross River State Central in the upper legislative chamber (The Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria). The Nigerian Senate is the highest law making body in Nigeria, and, as