by crossriverwatch admin The Calabar International Convention Center (CICC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Alliance Venue and Facilities Management (AVFM), ahead of the venue opening in six months. On Thursday 28 August, CICC project director Nzan Ogbe, signed the agreement with director of AVFM Mike Lord and fellow director Brian Jackson to
By Tunde Eludini Nigeria’s U-17 team, the Golden Eaglets, are through to next year’s African U-17 Championships scheduled to take place in Niger Republic as the Eaglets thrashed their counterparts from Gabon 5-0 today, Saturday at the UJ Esuene Stadium in Calabar. The result was more than good enough for the Eaglets who only lost
by crossriverwatch admin A former Chairman of Obudu Local Government Council, Dr. Abu Undiandeye has called on Senator Benedict Ayade (PDP, Cross River North) to use his position to ensure that the entire Ogoja road is rehabilitated by the Federal Road Maintenance Agency, FERMA. While commending the Senator for initiating the repair work on the
By Raymond Ekemini Following the violence that rocked the election of the Students Union Government Executives in the University of Calabar last month, the school has announced that it is now set to re-conduct the botched election, but this time, online. Briefing the students at the first ever town hall meeting of the University, the
by Raymond Ekemini Christians all over the world have set aside Sundays as a holy day for worship and thanksgiving to God. The third commandment of God according to the Holy Bible, also commands us to remember the Sabbath day and to keep it holy. All these seemed to have made no sense in the
by crossriverwatch admin As the twenty fifteen elections draw nearer, there are parameters and neo-parameters being figured out for the choice of representatives at the polls. One noticeable feature of the forth coming polls is the adoption of strategies to ensure that no ethno-geographical entity is marginalized or left out in the power distribution equation.
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By Cynthia Michael The National Agency for the Control of AIDS, NACA has identified Cross River and 11 other states as well as the Federal Capital Territory as HIV endemic states in the country. Director-General of NACA, Prof. John Idoko, said this in Ikom, Cross River, at the opening of a four-day free HIV and