By Our Reporter Pageant Queen and Cross River State’s Ambassador of climate change, Neurite Mendes has taken her pet project; Adopt A Tree to Abuja with diplomats and hospitality sector players keying into it. The Angolan born model is leading the charge of advocating for the society to protect the environment from the effects of
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The federal government on Friday said it has commenced investigation into the importation of some 740 animals imported from its southern port city of Calabar, the Cross River State capital. Minister for Agriculture, Audi Ogbeh said the Nigerian Agricultural Quarantine Services has since been directed to investigate the incidence and called for
By Eteng Kebeh/Agency Report Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has called on militants and criminals to key into the ECOWAS-EU small arms and light weapons disarmament project and surrender their weapons to enable government help them get sustainable lives. Mr. Ayade, represented by his deputy, Professor Ivara Esu stated this Thursday at an
By Jonathan Ugbal The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Thursday announced the interception of 140 snakes and some 600 other animals including hairy frogs, geckos, millipedes and spiders in the container of a vessel; MV Flesh. The animals include snakes such as Atheris squamigera, Bitis gobanica, Dasypeltis ssp, Boiga pulverinata, among others, while the geckos
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade and three of his predecessors; Mr. Clement Ebri, Donald Duke and Liyel Imoke have commended CrossRiverWatch for being the most reliable source of news about, and concerning the state. They made these commendations in different fora and interviews with CrossRiverWatch. Mr. Ebri in an exclusive interview
By Jonathan Ugbal There is no market for the music industry in Cross River State says The Voice Nigeria season 2 finalist, Annie Cedric. The 25 year old Yakurr born music lover who says she does not cages herself to one genre of music even though she is good in acoustic soul and reggae also
By Jonathan Ugbal The Nigerian government has said there is no evidence that Cameroonian Gendarmes killed 97 Nigerians in Bakassi while fleeing to Ikang in Cross River State. Premium Times reports that Nigeria’s foreign affairs minister, Geoffery Onyeama said the 97 deaths reported is the accumulation of all the Nigerians that have been killed in
By Our Reporter The hunt for the next Miss Africa has taken off with a media campaign in Lagos a release from the organizers says. Registration for contestants began on July 1 across all African sub-regions with reigning queen; Neurite Mendes form Angola leading the campaign recently in Lagos. Ms. Mendes visited Beat 99.9FM and