by crossriverwatch admin A 26-man Brazilian Carnival Band has arrived Calabar to participate in Carnival Calabar. Known as the Vai Vai Samba Band, the Brazilians thrilled a crowd that gathered at the Margaret Ekpo International Airport to welcome them. Speaking through an interpreter, the leader of the band, Thobias Da Vai-vai described the reception as
by crossriverwatch admin Prof. Ben Ayade, the Senator representing Cross River North Senatorial District in the National Assembly and one of the favourite for the ruling party’s 2015 governorship ticket, on Sunday (yesterday) handed three new Honda CRV jeeps to People Democratic Party PDP women leaders from three local governments in the Cross River North
by crossriverwatch admin The Assistant Inspector General of Police AIG Zone 6 in Calabar, Alhaji Ibrahim Mukhtari is dead crossriverwatch can report. Alhaji Mukhtari died yesterday at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital UCTH after he was rushed to the hospital for an undisclosed ailment. The Force Public Relations Officer for Zone 6 Command, SP
by crossriverwatch admin Crossriverwatch findings have revealed that for reasons attributable to mismanagement and conflict of interest, the Women and Children’s Hospital in Calabar, owned by Onari Duke, wife of the erstwhile governor of Cross River State, Mr. Donald Duke has remained shut since April 2012. The salaries of doctors and other paramedical staff sacked
by crossriverwatch admin Four policemen attached to the Ikot Nakanda police Station in Akpabuyo local government Area headquarters have been in detention since Sunday morning after one of them failed to return his riffle to the armoury which he signed for night duty. A source in the station told crossriverwatch that the four policemen reported
by crossriverwatch admin The poor attitude of the members of Cross River State Executive Council towards attendance at the daily activities of the ongoing calabar festival has received knocks from the former governor of the state, Mr. Donald Duke , crossriverwatch can reveal. Duke who initiated the annual calabar festival in 2004 has remained a
by crossriverwatch admin In a concerted effort to increase awareness among stakeholders on pneumonia which is responsible for over one million deaths among children annually in Nigeria, the Cross River State Government has organized a charity concert, tagged “Governor’s Masked Fete” to raise funds in support of the course. Speaking at the concert, which is
by crossriverwatch admin Nigeria’s famous Raggae Musician, Raskimono, has called on the Cross River State government to stop the introduction of gate fees at Raggae Nights during the Calabar festival to encourage fans of the reggae music genre to participate meaningfully in the subsequent annual fiesta. The ‘A’ rated raggae maestro who led other raggae