By Paulyne Eba and Ojong Agbor The Cross River State Government is more determined to work closely with the management of the Calabar Export Free Trade Zone (CFTZ) on how best to enforce compliance to its statutory internally generated revenue charges on operations in the trade zone. Speaking while addressing the management of the CFTZ
By CrossRiverWatch admin To boost the economy of Cross River State, the Management of Tinapa Business Resort and the Cliqit, an e-commerce business management and development platform, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to organize the ‘world largest Trade Fair’ in Calabar, the state capital. The Trade Fair, where not less than 10,000 vendors
The third treatise in our series on potentials of the creative industry for creating jobs and contributing to the development of our economy is focused on visual art industry. Earlier, we had taken a look at the film industry and the music industry. This promises to be as enlightening as the first and the second.
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