By Our Correspondent Contrary to expectations that the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari will seek a review of the judgement of the International Court of Justice, ICJ which ceded the oil rich Bakassi peninsula to Cameroon, the President yesterday in the Cameroonian capital, Yaounde, promised that Nigeria will faithfully abide by the decision of the
By Our Correspondent The State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade yesterday left for Yaounde, the capital of the Republic of Cameroon as a member of President Muhammadu Buhari ‘s entourage to the country for bilateral talks on ways to combat the scourge of Boko Haram. Presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina in a statement, said: “The talks between
By CrossRiverWatch admin A 27 year old Cross Riverian, Esther Eshiet, who sits on the advisory panel of the prestigious Queen’s Young Leaders Award on Monday, June 22, 2015, had the very rare privilege of a royal hand shake with her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II of England at the Buckingham Palace, United Kingdom. Esther was
By CrossRiverWatch from Barcelona, Spain The governor of Cross River State, Senator Ben Ayade yesterday, in Barcelona, Spain implored investors and conservationists to consider funding worthwhile initiatives that will generate sustainable economic value from Cross River State forests. The governor who was speaking at the World Governors Forum on Climate Change ongoing in the Catalan
March 8 is internationally recognized as “International Women’s Day” (IWD), a day set aside to celebrate women and to increase the global “gender sensitivity” awareness. Women are celebrated not because of their numerous strengths nor because they have no weakness. They are celebrated because they have blessed millions with their strength. This year’s theme “Make
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Recording the first in international convention center in the region, the Calabar International Conference Center, CICC is not only blazing the trail for business tourism in Nigeria, but also for the West African region as a whole. Ahead of the opening in the second quarter of 2015, the Calabar ICC team is
By Our Correspondent “Refer to your mail on the above subject matter addressed to the office of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Phillipines, the Court wishes to state that it has no record of conviction of anyone bearing Benedict Bengioshuye Ayade either in the Supreme Court or any lower Court in
By Our Correspondent A source close to the Kenya Tourism Board has welcomed the opportunity to engage in close cooperation with Cross River State of Nigeria and was hopeful to expand such cooperation across Nigeria and in fact with other African countries to enhance tourism ties on the continent. Kenya’s marketing drive across the African