By Archibong Jeremiah The Cross River State Government has abruptly called off the festivities for the annual leboku festival. The reason for the cancelation is not clear at press time. As at the time of filing this report, the State is yet to come clean on why the abrupt cancelation.
By Patrick Obia, Emmanuel Eni And Isioma Amifor Media Practitioners Association of Nigeria, Cross River State, marks this year’s World Photography Day in grand style, announce establishment of photography foundation. This year’s event with the theme, “Sustaining The Earth Treasure Through Our Lens,” entered into partnership with Canon. Flagging off the annual event, the Commissioner
By Jonathan Ugbal Global streaming giant, Netflix will tomorrow, Saturday, July 31, 2021 commence streaming ‘The Lost Cafe’, a film produced by a Cross Riverian, Regina Idu Udalor. The Lost Cafe’ tells a story of migration, love and discovery where the dreams of an immigrant face a complex reality. Directed by Kenneth Gyang, known for
By Patrick Obia Nollywood veteran, Shan George has lost her mum Mrs. Osim George. Mrs. George, 84, died in the early hours of Thursday, July 1, 2021. She had been ill and hospitalized for some time. Shan, an actor, producer and director, announced her passing on social media. “I lost my precious mother this morning.
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Cross River State Tourism Bureau says the Cinema at the Marina resort in Calabar will soon reopen. This follows renovation and other works at the building hosting the cinema in the resort which began in the last quarter of 2020. Following the departure of Filmhouse Cinemas in 2018 due to intimidation
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