By David Nsa And Deborah Obot The Chief Executive Officer of BraideO’s studio, Mr. Opubo Braide whose studio was gutted by fire has begun an online fund raising campaign on Go Fund Me. According to a statement made available to our newsroom, Opube said, “What may have been an electrical fault resulted in the destruction
By Agba Philip “The Federal Government is working very hard for the sustainability of the National Home Grown School Feeding program.” That’s an assertion by the National Director of the Home Grown School Feeding program, Mrs. Adesanmi Abimbola during a one day sensitization program in Calabar. The program which took place recently in Calabar was
By Patrick Obia A strange fire has in the early hours of Thursday gutted a music recording studio along Ediba Road Calabar, with properties worth millions of naira destroyed. The fire is said to have started at about 3am inside the recording studio burnt down equipments before it was noticed by its neighboring compound security
By Margaret John The Special Adviser to the Cross River State Governor Prof. Ben Ayade on Entrepreneurship and Job Placement, Mr. Joseph Edet has enjoined Cross Riverians to tap into the numerous job opportunities available in order to move the State forward. He made this known while speaking with CrossRiverWatch, where he stated that his
By Patrick Obia The Cross River State Government has disclosed that it is wrapping up its 30 years Growth and Development Strategic (GDS) plan. The disclosure was in an exclusive interview with our reporter by the Chief Economic Adviser to the Cross River State Governor, Dr. Francis Ntamu who doubles as the Vice Chairman of
Your call to me at 11.05 pm on Friday 16 November, 2018 was my last call that day. You said you were in Onitsha for the meeting of your Order, Knights of St. Mulumba of which you were Grand Knight and that you were leaving for Obubra the next day for a meeting you had
By Kelvin Ololo And Margaret Adadu “When it comes to SME and entrepreneurship in Cross River State, our Government has failed. There is no attention, no program tailored around entrepreneurs to empower them or to take them to the next level.” The above is an assertion by Mr. Great Ogban, Co-Founder of Funding Desk while
By Kelvin Ololo And Margaret Adadu The Deputy Manager, Bank of Industry (BOI) Calabar Cross River State Mr. Pius Neji has enumerated some challenges hindering access to funds by SME and Entrepreneurs as lack of awareness of BOI processes, lack of cooperate identity, and lack of commitment to repaying back loans. Marshalling his points, he