By Ogar Monday Claim: A page on Facebook posted a video alleging a shootout between men of the Nigeria Police Force and a gang group. Verdict: Misleading. The video is from a movie set. Full Text As Nigeria prepares for the general elections in the backdrop of worsening insecurity, citizens continue to be on the
By Patrick Obia The Passion 4 carnival band has been declared the winner of the 2022 Carnival Calabar Band Competition while Odukpani Local Government Area and South Africa came top on the cultural and international parades. Passion 4 band known for their green outfit and stunts pulled 1,762 points to come top for the eleventh
By Archibong Jeremiah The Cross River State Governor, Sen. Ben Ayade, said the 2022 Carnival Calabar is special. Governor Ayade said so while declaring this year’s carnival open. The theme is “Agro-Industrialization”. He commemorated the victims of the bikers parade and urged the President, General Muhammed Buhari to do the same. The flag off was
By Jonathan Ugbal Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade on Saturday called on the six members of the State House of Assembly from the Northern senatorial district to sponsor a bill to give legal backing to the Cross River Northern Festival, Northfest in order to ensure its sustainability. The festival was established in 2017 by
It was all red roses and butterflies two Saturdays ago, as Chief Executive Officer of E4PR and multi-award winning British/Nigerian trained filmmaker, Egor Efiok and her sweetheart Kelly Okpa Odock vowed to stick together as man and wife for the rest of their lives. Family, friends and colleagues, including the President of Pan African Film
By Ogar Monday The Cross River State Government has said that agriculture remains a priority of the Sen. Ben Ayade administration. The governor made the reiteration at the second dry-run of the 2022 Calabar Carnival which was held yesterday, 13th November 2022. Governor Ben Ayade who was speaking at the flag-off revealed that the State
By CrossRiverWatch Admin One of Cross River’s State musical exports, Challex D’Boss has continued to enjoy his tour of the US, with radio appearances. The Yakurr born “aproko” croner, who is set to release the video of his song with popular Warri street rapper, Erigga, is in the US to among other things perform at
By Ogar Monday A fast-rising musical prodigy, Challex D Boss will be in California State, United States of America on the 4th of November, the music star has announced on his Facebook page. Challex who is proving himself to be one of Cross River State’s musical exports will be performing at the “Angeza Live Show”