By CrossRiverWatch Admin The promise to locally source for and process raw materials to feed the Cross River Garment factory through the cultivation of cotton farm and ginnery within the state has received a boost with the state government acquiring 1000 hectares of land from the people of Woda in Yala LGA for the cultivation
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The House of Representatives yesterday adopted a motion sponsored by Mr. Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe (Ogoja/Yala Federal Constituency of Cross River State) on the urgent need to investigate the huge debts owed the Petroleum Products Marketing Company (PPMC) by some major and independent oil marketers. Jarigbe had alleged that “there is a connivance
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent The remains of late Deputy Governor of the old Cross River State, Mathias Offoboche has been laid to rest in his hometown Okuku in Yala local government area with past and serving governors of the state as well as Akwa Ibom state attending the burial rites. Cross River’s governor,
By CrossRiverWatch admin Former Cross River State Deputy Governor, Dr. Mathias Offoboche was finally laid to rest in his hometown in Yala Local Government Area of Cross River State.
By Ogar Agi The town hall project initiated by indigenes of Okuku community in Yala local government area is yet to be complete despite inputs of funds amounting over 50 million Naira sources say. The money it is alleged was raised from the sale of lands with less than 10 percent of the said sum
By Ogar Agi A bus conveying passengers in Okuku, in Yala LGA of Cross River state crashed into a gully from an uncompleted bridge, a fortnight ago leaving the passengers with several degrees of injuries following the inability of the contractor to complete the bridge project. It is unclear where the vehicle was heading to
By Cosmos Obi J and J Foundation has donated a borehole to Yahe Community in Yala Local Government Area of Cross River State. J and J Foundation is a Non-Governmental Organization helping the less privileged in diverse areas of life cutting across education, agriculture, vocational skills acquisition and welfare. Speaking while handing over the project
By Thompson Idagu Yeche Angry youths yesterday set a group of armed robbers ablaze in Okuku, Yala local government of Cross River State. Withnesses at the scene told CrossRiverWatch that, the three suspected robbers who were armed with locally made pistols, waylaid traders from the popular Okuku market and dispossessed them of money and other