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Tinapa Booms As NBA Holds Conference With 10,000 Delegates In Calabar

by crossriverwatch admin Tinapa business and leisure resort is set to receive the highest number of visitors since its establishment in 2006 with the Nigeria Bar Association Conference holding at the serene resort. The NBA National Conference which is slated from August 25th to 1st of September has already started creating impact in Calabar, with

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BATN Foundation Establishes N10m Oil Palm Processing Factory in Cross River

by crossriverwatch admin The British American Tobacco Nigeria Foundation (BATN) has established an oil palm processing cottage industry valued at N10 million in Itighidi, Abi Local Government Area of Cross River State. This is as part of its corporate social responsibility (CSR) and in fulfilment of a memorandum of understanding with the Federal Government, signed

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How to Start a Small Business

Are you one of those who dream of owning your own business? You’ll be your own boss, and the captain of your destiny—–maybe even a captain of industry. Is it hard? Without a doubt. Is it challenging? Absolutely. Do you have to be wealthy and well-educated with a lengthy resumé? Not at all! Can you

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Imoke Seeks Regulation on Siting of Tank Farms

by crossriverwatch admin Cross River State Governor, Senator Liyel Imoke, has called on the National Assembly to put in place a proper legislation in the country to regulate the siting of petroleum tank farms in order to protect the environment and check pollution. Imoke who made the call when he received members of the House

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Cross River Welcomes Military Patrol in Gulf of Guinea

by crossriverwatch admin Cross River State has registered its support for the introduction of military patrol within the maritime zone of the Gulf of Guinea (GoG) as a way of curbing the insurgence of piracy. Governor Liyel Imoke stated this at the First Gulf of Guinea Regional Maritime Awareness Capacity Conference at Tinapa Business and

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Cross River, MTN Sign N1.1b Deal on Broadband Infrastructure

by crossriverwatch admin The Cross River State Government has signed a concession agreement with MTN Communications Nigeria Limited for the provision of 115km of telecommunications cable duct infrastructure for the city of Calabar spanning from Tinapa to Anantigha. According to the Special Adviser Communication Technology Development Mr Odo Effiong, the system when completed in six

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Cross River To Get More Revenue as FG Loses Control of Tourism and Hotel Regulation to States

by crossriverwatch admin Fortune may have smiled on Cross River State, Nigeria’s biggest tourism haven with Friday’s judgment of the Supreme Court relinquishing the control of tourism and hotel regulation to states of the federation. It would be recalled that several state governments and the Federal Government have been embroiled in controversy over the question

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In Cross River, Legal Backing to Lift Heritage Tourism Underway

by Guardian As Cross River State consolidates on building a full-fledged and all-year-round tourist destination, the state has turned its attention to the proper preservation and promotion of all its heritage sites through legislation, which is expected to bring heritage tourism within the existing framework and structure of the state tourism market. Already, the state

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