By Archibong Jeremiah The Chairman of the Cross River State Carnival Commission, Mr. Gab Onah has expressed high hope that soonest; Cross Riverians will see that the privatization of the carnival is the right choice. Mr. Onah made the assertion at the second adult dry run in Calabar, his word: “Carnival Calabar is going private
Let me deviate a little from my Bakassi cry to an event of concern. Just last week I laid down to rest after a hectic day, the evening was peaceful as should be, the cloud bore no resemblance as “a bad day.” Everywhere was calm, with the cool breeze gently ushering in the Christmas, and
By Jonathan Ugbal In a bid to develop local content and boost internally generated revenue, the Cross River State Tourism Bureau has signed a musical agreement with the Rising Stars Cross Band. The agreement which will see the band become the official musical partner of the state’s tourism bureau, has a clause which will see
By Archibong Jeremiah The new Commissioner of Police, Cross River State Command Mr. Henry Fadairo has disclosed that men of his command on Thursday, penultimate week, intercepted 8 dynamites in Calabar. The Commissioner made this disclosure while playing host to executive members of Drivers Association of Cross River State, DACRS in his Calabar office and
By Monday Ogar A call has gone out to the Cross River State Government, to properly put in place institutions and modalities aimed at protecting and ensuring children’s right in the state, as enshrined in the Child Rights Law of Cross River State. The call was made by participants at a three days workshop organized
By Monday Ogar In anticipation of the coming elections, a town hall meeting on electoral violence has been organized in Calabar to disscuss modalities and possible methods to combat post and pre electoral violence. Speaking at the meeting, The Cross River Commisioner of Police, Henry Fadairo encouraged political parties to desist from making utterances that
By Jonathan Ugbal Mr. Akwaji Henry Omang emerged recently as the flag bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to contest for Bekwara State Constituency seat in the Cross River State House of Assembly. In this exclusive interview with CrossRiverWatch, he shared his background, aspiration and dream for his people and Cross River state at
By Raymond Ekemini The students union government executive of the University of Calabar, led by the President, Mr.Ajang Emmanuel has presented the 2014 SUG budget to the SUG Senate. The budget tagged BUDGET OF DEVELOPMENT has a total of over 53 million naira. Capital projects in the expenditure plan will gulf a paltry