By our reporter The Lily Williams foundation says it is set to train 20 girls in Ogoja on the art of make up as well as empower them with start up kits at the end of the capacity building. The founder, Lily Okem Williams who is based in the United States of America disclosed this
By Our Correspondent The Memorandum of Understanding between Cross River government and Thai- African Corporation Limited is now in full implementation phase, as investors from the company have arrived Calabar for the construction of the Rice City. Speaking to newsmen at the construction site along Goodluck Jonathan Bypass, the Business Development Director of the company,
By CrossRiverWatch admin Calabar International Convention Center has made a debut in holding Oil and Gas Sector Conferences with the Nigerian Content Workshop, NCW, 2016 – a Three-day Stakeholders Interactive Workshop on Nigerian Content Policy: Rationale, Challenges and the Way Forward. This complements previous impressive bids the ICC has to secure in other key sectors
By CrossRiverWatch admin Property worth millions of Naira has gone up in smoke after a fire gutted the Ikom main market in Cross River state. More than 40 shops have been burnt according to reports. The inferno has been attributed to power upsurge from the public power supply. It could not be contained in spite
By Our Correspondent Cross River State governor, Senator Ben Ayade has disclosed that four international companies with expertise in deep seaport are currently scrambling to invest in the Bakassi Deep Seaport being developed by the State Government. Briefing newsmen at the Margaret Ekpo International Airport, Calabar on his return from an extensive working trip to
By Ogar Monday Traders and customers patronising the Goldie market by Etta Agbor havd berated the Cross River Urban Development Agency (CUDA) for its inability to evacuate refuse from the market timely. Speaking to our Correspondent, a footwear seller in the market who identified himself simply as Chinedu said the CUDA truck that usually comes
By Ushang Ewa Sellers of vegetables in Calabar the capital city of Cross River State are now optimistic of a brighter year following continuous downpours after a prolonged dry season. Findings by CrossRiverWatch reveal that most sellers who rely on rainfall to water their crops rued their choice of business when the rains set in
In the absence of infrastructure, Cross River State biggest problem today is job creation for our teeming youth population. While most political faithfuls have been awarded positions in government as a means of the current administrations bid to build up governance capacity in lieu of job creation or political settlements, this gesture may have helped