By Ushang Ewa The Pretty Brown Musical Concert will hold today at the Transcorp Metropolitan hotel in Calabar, the Cross River State capital with 11 finalists contesting for the coveted prize. The event is aimed at encouraging youths to participate in live band activities and form them said the organizer, Senge Menge. Mr. Menge said
By Jonathan Ugbal The Cross River State Government has called on Cross Riverians to key into the ongoing reformations in the Oil and Gas sector to ensure the state benefits from it. The federal government had announced plans to build two modular refinery in each of the 36 states of the federation. And, the Special
By Jonathan Ugbal The Cross River State Government says it has not paid a dime to any consultant as fees for aiding in the collection of the Paris Club Refunds. The Commissioner for Finance, Asuquo Ekpenyong Jr told this correspondent in a telephone conversation that all the monies collected were applied for the payment of
By Jonathan Ugbal The Cross River State Government is keeping silent over the alleged freezing of its account where the Paris Club refunds were domiciled by a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory sitting in Abuja. The presiding Judge, Justice Yusuf Halilu had issued an ex-parte order for the freezing of Cross River State
By CrossRiverWatch Admin For the people of Woda, a sleepy community in Yala Local Government Area of Cross River State, they could not have it any better than a bounteous gift of a cotton farm. Tucked away in the armpit of the northern part of the state with no access road and no electricity but
By Obeten Godfrey The Director General of the Cross River State Road Maintenance Agency (CR-ROMA) Mr. Oqua Edet Oqua has said that the Agency has rehabilitated 3,201 portholes in the state. He made this known during a telephone conversation on the weekly topical issues program, the Dialogue with Agba Jalingo on Hit 95.9 Fm Calabar.
By CrossRiverWatch Admin At a time like this that Nigerians are pushing for restructuring as a way forward, sustainable economic growth of any state will be based on planned development of sectors which the state has comparative and competitive advantage. Cross River State is a state with great potentials and comparative advantage in many sectors
By CrossRiverWatch Admin People all over the world of the same country, tribe, clan, region or geographical location or zone have a history and distinct cultural practices that clearly defines and differentiates them from other people and their cultures. They equally have important festivals and delicacies which portrays their true cultural identity and heritage, and