by crossriverwatch admin Cross River State Government House sources have reliably informed crossriverwatch that the State Governor who arrived Calabar last night will be at the U.J. Esuene Stadium in Calabar to watch the friendly match between the Golden Eaglets of Nigeria and the Botswana Under 17 national team. The Botswana U-17 team arrived Nigeria
by crossriverwatch admin Ahead of the 2014 National Sports Festival scheduled to be hosted by the Cross River State Government, the state’s Acting Governor Mr. Efiok Cobham, has inaugurated a reconstituted 24- man Local Organizing Committee (LOC) in Calabar to champion the planning of the event. Speaking shortly after inaugurating the committee in Calabar yesterday,
by crossriverwatch admin In line with its policy to develop young athletes right from secondary school and promote sports activities especially at the grass roots, the Cross River State Government is building two stadiums in Ikom and Ogoja Local Government Areas of the State. Briefing members of the National Good Governance Tour on Monday in
by crossriverwatch admin The outgoing Commander of the Nigerian Army, 13 Brigade, Calabar Brigadier General Shehu Yusuf is widely commended in Cross River and neighbouring Akwa-Ibom state for achieving great strides in controlling the spate of piracy and illegal bunkering in the eastern water ways. Crossriverwatch caught up with General Yusuf recently and he spoke
by crossriverwatch admin Mr. Pat Ugbe is the Cross River State Commissioner for Youth and Sports Development. He agrees that youth unemployment is pervasive in the state but insist that government is taking steps to change the situation. In this exclusive interview with crossriverwatch, he enumerates the steps his ministry is taking to create employment
by crossriverwatch admin Cross River State Commissioner for Youths and Sports Development, Mr. Patrick Ugbe has said that the state was denied of about three gold medals at the 18th National Sports Festival, tagged Eko 2012. Ugbe who stated this in an interview with crossriverwatch in Calabar, the state capital said that kick boxing which
President of the Wheelchair Basketball Federation of Nigeria, Bukola Olapade has called on the National Sports Commission, NSC to consider the inclusion of the sport among medal scoring events in future National Sports Festivals, beginning from Calabar 2014 Games. Speaking in Lagos Wednesday, the former Ogun State Commissioner for Sports disclosed that wheelchair basketball had
by Vanguard Lagos State, inflicted the unkindest cut on their Cross River counterparts when they snatched renowned athletics coach and former world 400m record holder, Lee Evans who has been spearheading Cross River’s grassroots athletics development programme. Coach Evans worked with Cross River State for almost three years, but a few weeks to the National