By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade Wednesday promised to build a Governor’s lodge in Ikom local government area and kicked off the governor’s cup in the first event of his 5 day tour of the central and northern senatorial districts in the state Ayade also promised to further add
By Jonathan Ugbal The state owned Rovers football club of Calabar will henceforth play its home matches in the newly constructed Ikom township stadium says Cross River Sports Commissioner, Asu Okang. Asu disclosed this in an interview with AIT’s Rasheed Olanrewaju Wednesday in Ikom where he also explained the reason behind the newly launched “Thumps
By Ushang Ewa The Cross River State government requested the sum of 650 million Naira to put “finishing touches” to the necessary facilities required for the botched 19th National Sports Festival say sources in Abuja. This comes on the heels of the revocation of the right to host the games by the state as Sports
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Due to the inability of Cross River State to host the National Sports Festival since the state got the right after the last edition in Lagos, Eko Games, in 2012, Sports Minister Solomon Dalung, has revealed that the Federal Government will host the 19th National Sports Festival in Abuja next year. Cross
By Ogar Monday Plans have been concluded for the hosting of one of the country’s biggest tourism expo, ‘Calabar International Tourism Expo 2016’. According to the head of the organizing team, Mr. Ofuka Ofuka during a media briefing, “This year, we present an international tourism investment forum with the theme; Promoting Sustainable Economic Growth through
By Jonathan Ugbal The 19th National Sports Festival earlier christened Centenary Games then Paradise City games may not hold in November 2016 as promised by the Cross River State Government as investigations by CrossRiverWatch reveal that with less than two months to the opening date, facilities are still not ready. A highly placed source in
By Oto-Obong Clement Nairabet FC has emerged champions of the 3rd edition of the Comrade Odey Adamade Unity Cup football competition after beating FC Academy 1-0 in a keenly contested match at the Obudu Township Stadium. Speaking after the match, Coordinator of the Competition Undeshi Major said that “This is the third edition of the
By CrossRiverWatch admin Cross River born Edidiong Ofonime Odiong, yesterday topped her group in a time of 22.74 seconds and a new personal best, to win heat 9 in the women’s 200 metres for her adopted Country, Bahrain, at the Olympic Stadium in Rio de Janeiro to qualify for the semi-finals tomorrow at 4.16am Bahrain