By Oto-Obong Clement Nairabet FC has emerged champions of the 3rd edition of the Comrade Odey Adamade Unity Cup football competition after beating FC Academy 1-0 in a keenly contested match at the Obudu Township Stadium. Speaking after the match, Coordinator of the Competition Undeshi Major said that “This is the third edition of the
By Jonathan Ugbal, Ikwen Atuaka and Linus Ogar Every Year, the months of August and September in the northern part of Cross River State comprising five local government areas, Bekwarra, Obanliku, Obudu, Ogoja and Yala local is packed full with festivities as the people celebrate their New Yam festivals to mark the harvest of the
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The 2016 edition of the Bridge Leadership Foundation’s career day will for the first time hold at the Calabar International Conference Centre, CICC a statement posted on the website says. This will be the first time the Career Day, which seeks to bring together the best minds in the fieldsof entrepreneurship, career
By Our Correspondent Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade says his administration has proposed a bill that seeks to provide a legal backing and protect the rights of street hawkers even though the state has domesticated the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). The proposed bill, an opposite of the one proposed by Governor Akinwumi Ambode
By Jonathan Ugbal The last four days of the Leboku festival, the new yam festival of the Ugep nation in Yakurr local government of Cross River State is always the peak of the celebration with this year’s edition producing the routine and scintillating performances of the festival that has become one of Cross River’s
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Obudu Mountain Resort does not generate income for the Cross River State Government says the Special Adviser on event’s management and Governor’s office, Kenneth Aklah CrossRiverWatch can authoritatively report. Aklah who says the facility does not generate enough to pay the salaries of staff, disclosed this recently on “The Dialogue
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Entries for the nominations for different categories in the fourth edition of the Cross River Movies Awards (CRMA) have opened CrossRiverWatch has been reliably informed. The Special Assistant to Cross River Governor, Ben Ayade on Tourism, Eric Anderson sent a flier to CrossRiverWatch newsroom containing information for the process of entries.
By CrossRiverWatch admin It was a phenomenal night for all music lovers as the 3rd edition of Paradise Music Festival and Awards (PMFA) 2016 was held on Saturday August 13th, 2016 at the Dome, Municipal Gardens, Calabar. Some of this year’s big winners were REX, who won two categories, Song of the Year and Best