By CrossRiverWatch Admin Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River today (Thursday) inaugurated the `Calabar Municipal Garden’ which will serve as the 2016 Calabar Carnival village, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Ayade said that the village was chosen because it was central and accessible to residents and tourists. The governor said the village would
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Cross River State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has maintained that motivation remains the surest way of getting the best out of young people who are taking the right decisions. The governor made this assertion while announcing the sum of N10million for his Senior Special Assistant, Events, Mr. Tom Ikpeme for effectively packaging
By CrossRiverWatch Winner of the maiden edition of Miss Africa, Calabar 2016, and Miss Angola, Loretta Mendez has been formally presented with a star prize of Ford SUV Jeep and a USD25,000 cash by the initiator of the pageant and Governor of Cross River State, Senator Ben Ayade. Carrying out the presentation ceremony at his
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent The representative of Angola, Neurite Mendes is the maiden Miss Africa after she pipped 17 other contestants to the crown Saturday night at the Calabar International Convention Centre. The 23 year old was already the audience favourite before her eventual announcement as the winner where she won USD25,000 and
By CrossRiverWatch Admin FAD 99.9 FM Calabar has launched an application for its audience CrossRiverWatch authoritatively reports. The app according to our Tech correspondent was launched early in November and developed by the broadcast outfit tech team and offered by Gotright group who according to information contained on Google Playstore have developed about four other
By Jonathan Ugbal; Government House Correspondent Ahead of the maiden edition of the Miss Africa beauty pageant scheduled for today, Cross River Governor Senator Ben Ayade inspected preparatory works Thursday afternoon at the Calabar International Conference Center to ensure a smooth event. The pageant which is the idea and wholly sponsored by the Cross River
Youths in Cross River State are increasingly becoming addicted to narcotics, a veritable malady which once indulged in, gets into the bones and cannot be shaken off easily with all efforts. The result most often is that not only the young addict, but his family is doomed. Various factors are at work for this
By Grace Orok Mountain Cinema Nigeria (MCN), organizers of Obudu Face of Culture International have felicitated with Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba on his appointment as the Chairman, Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) by President Mohammadu Buhari. This felicitation was contained in a letter signed by the CEO/Managing Director Mountain Cinema Nigeria, Mr. Francis Akpeke on behalf