Miss Miriam Joseph Ekeng, a 200 level student of Mass Communication, University of Calabar (UNICAL), in this exclusive interview with Patrick Obia of CrossRiverWatch shares the reason why she decided to tattoo Ayade’s face amidst the backlashes he enjoys. Excerpt. What motivated you to have Governor Ben Ayade’s tattoo on your back? I actually admire the Governor a lot,
By Archibong Jeremiah His Excelleney the Cross River State Governor, Sen. Ben Ayade has approved the suspension of Mr. Gabe Onah as the Chairman of the Carnival Commission. The suspension is with immediate effect according to the statement by Mr. Christian Ita, Special Adviser Media and Publicity to Governor Ayade. This is the third suspension
By Maxwell Effiong and Kelvin Ololo The management of CrossRiverWatch says it has taken a strategic editorial decision to further diversify it’s readership base. The Newspaper’s Managing Editor, Mr. Jeremiah Archibong in a statement issued on Saturday evening said the diversification is in line with the decision of the editorial team to continue proffering solutions
By Sampson Unamka, The Nation Newspaper Veteran actresses, Kate Henshaw and Joke Silva have called for more women participation in politics. They spoke in a recent interview with The Nation Newspaper at the launch of the Ebony Life Creative Academy (ELCA). Kate Henshaw said: “I choose to challenge the stereotype that women cannot attain certain
By Archibong Jeremiah Cross River’s fast rising musical artist, Challex D Boss has dropped another hit single, Confidence featuring International Boy and Iyanya. The three minutes, twenty-nine seconds track can be downloaded free from Audio Mack, Boom Play, Fan Link and a host of other online music store. Also, Challex D Boss who is the
By Archibong Jeremiah Sarra Sellimi Of Tunisia has emerged winner of Miss Africa Calabar. She won the crown in the fifth (5th) edition of the pageant hosted by the Cross River State Government.
By Roland Asuquo Utomo Obong is a reactivated traditional event celebrated annually which allows the component communities of the Efik Kingdom come out, in the spirit of loyalty, solidarity, kinship and friendship, to pay homage to their apex King. It also avails non-indigenous resident communities the opportunity to demonstrate their loyalty and goodwill to their host community represented by the Obong.
By Jonathan Ugbal The remains of late federal lawmaker, Rose Omo were laid to rest on Friday in her hometown Okuku, Yala Local Government Area of northern Cross River State amidst an outpouring of emotions. She was until her death on March 23, 2020, a second term Senator representing that district in the National Assembly.