By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade on Wednesday finally visited the victims of the Calabar Viewing Center tragedy of April 20, 2017 which left 8 people dead. The visit came 19 days after the incident and 18 days after he promised to cut short his trip to Geneva, Switzerland
By Jonathan Ugbal Players of the Manchester United football club of England in its Match day 35 English Premier League game of the 2016/2017 season with Swansea City football club wore black armbands in honor of the victims of the Calabar viewing centre tragedy. This comes on the heels of Nigeria and Arsenal football legend,
By Our Reporter Members of the Association of Cross River Online Journalists (ACROJ) have condoled with the victims of the viewing center tragedy that occurred in Calabar recently. The group made the condolence in a press release signed by its Acting Chairman and Secretary, Hope Obeten and Archibong Jeremiah respectively and made available to our
By Jonathan Ugbal Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari has said he is shocked and saddened to learn of the tragic event that took the lives of 7 people at a football viewing center in Nyanghasang, Calabar Municipal local government area of southern Cross River State on Thursday night. Buhari in a statement signed by his Senor
By Jonathan Ugbal The Manchester United football club of England has condoled its fans and their families who were electrocuted Thursday night while watching a UEFA Europa football match between the club and Anderlecht at a viewing center. “Our thoughts go out to the United fans, their friends and families affected by the tragedy in
By Ushang Ewa The Enyimba football club of Aba will today host Remo Stars football club at its adopted home ground, the U.J Esuene Stadium in Calabar, the Cross River State capital on match day 19 of the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL). The People’s Elephant who are 7th on the NPFL log with 35
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The multipurpose Indoor Sports Hall of the UJ Esuene stadium in Calabar, awarded by the Imoke administration for the construction of the facility to host the controversial National Sports Festival, collapsed yesterday costing the state $14million (2.2billion Naira). The collapse of the facility has returned to the fore, questions about the propriety
By Ushang Ewa Nigeria’s sports minister, Solomon Dalung, Tuesday said that the federal government still hopes Cross River State will host the 19th edition of the National Sports Festival (NSF) despite delays in hosting the event slated for November 2014. Dalung’s Special Adviser on Media, Nneka Ikem-Anibeze told The Guardian that the ministry is still