By Archibong Jeremiah The Cross River State Commissioner For Youths and Sports Development, Comrade Asu Okang has revealed that the State has been given grace period to host the National Sports Festival, NAFEST. According to him, “The Minister for Youths and Sports Development Barrister Solomon Dalong has given us until second quarter of this year
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By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent In a scene reminiscent of Motor Grand Prix (GP), the city of Calabar, Cross River State, Sunday played host to over a thousand extreme motor bikers drawn from Nigeria, China, Canada, Australia Germany, the US, Philippines, Togo, Ghana and Benin Republic, in the maiden edition of Calabar Bikers’ Parade.
By Daily Trust Contractors handling the construction and renovation of facilities earmarked for the forthcoming National Sports Festival slated for Calabar have been given matching orders to return to sites immediately or face sanctions. The Cross Rivers State Commissioner for Youth and Sports Development, Comrade Asu Okang, who gave the order, lamented the poor state
By CrossRiverWatch admin The newly appointed Chairman of the Cross River State Sports Commission, Hon. Orok Duke has blamed the close to two years delay in hosting the National Sports Festival on shylock contractors who collected monies and failed to deliver on the event venues on schedule. The festival dubbed “Paradise Games” which was supposed
By Monday Ogar Parents and the general public in Cross River have been advised to embrace Taekwondo as a sport that teaches discipline, unity and perseverance and stop seeing it as an avenue for promoting violence and trouble. This advice was given by participants at a 2 day national testing seminar organized by the Cross
By CrossRiverWatch admin Hilltop FC of Obudu have won the 2015 Cross River Football League after defeating Ekabokon Stars of Ikom 5-0 in their last match at the U.J. Esuene Stadium, Calabar. The club, which also defeated Akamkpa United 2-1 to top the league with six points from two matches, is closely followed by Akamkpa
By Our Correspondent The Governor of Cross River State, Senator Ben Ayade has explained why the state has been unable to host the National Sports Festival which was originally billed to be hosted in the state capital in November 2014. The governor explained recently that the huge salary arrears that his administration inherited from the