By CrossRiverWatch Admin Seventeen years ago, in the strive to support conservation and promote eco-tourism in Cross River State , the government engaged the services of the Green Heart Conservation Company of Canada to construct a Canopy Walkway in the Afi Mountain Forest. Considered at the time of its construction in 2006 as the longest
By Jonathan Ugbal; Government House Correspondent The Cross River State Government says it will in a couple of weeks sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Republic of Chad on the proposed Bakassi deep seaport. The Governor, Senator Ben Ayade stated this Tuesday when he hosted some Federal Lawmakers in the state for oversight
By Jonathan Ugbal; Government House Correspondent The House of Representatives has decried the deplorable state of federal roads in Cross River State with a promise to ensure that the state gets its fair share of appropriation in the 2017 appropriation in a bid to ensure smooth movement of goods and services. The House of Representatives
By Jonathan Ugbal; Government House Correspondent Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has discussed technicalities surrounding the design of the Calabar Smart City project with Chinese ICT giants Huawei. This is part of the governor’s itinerary on his official trip to China from where he is supposed to depart for London soon official sources say.
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The promise to locally source for and process raw materials to feed the Cross River Garment factory through the cultivation of cotton farm and ginnery within the state has received a boost with the state government acquiring 1000 hectares of land from the people of Woda in Yala LGA for the cultivation
By Jonathan Ugbal The trailer of the movie “The Lost café” produced by Cross River born filmmaker, Regina Idu Udalor based in Norway has been released CrossRiverWatch authoritatively reports. The movie was shot on location in Calabar, Nigeria and Norway throughout 2016 with the trailer first released on January 9, 2017. The film is an
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The actual commencement of construction work on the Bakassi deep seaport, received a further boost, last week, with the conclusion of arrangements in China by the Cross River State governor, Senator Ben Ayade with some Chinese investors. Ayade, who flew into China with some of his key commissioners and advisers a few
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The maiden edition of the Dialogue With Agba Jalingo town hall meeting scheduled for January 27, 2016 has been postponed to February 15, 2016 says the producers of the controversial radio program. The program is aired live every Sunday from 6-7 PM in the studio of HIT 95.9 FM Calabar and has