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Cross River Government Denies Military Expedition In Calabar

By Our Government House Correspondent The Senior Special Assistant on Media and Chief Press Secretary to Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State, Mr. Christian Ita, has debunked reports trending in the social media that Calabar, the state capital had allegedly come under military bombardment. Ita described the report as unfounded and untrue, adding that

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Cross River Government Denies Knowledge Of Controversial Medical Outreach In Obudu

By Ikwen Atuaka Activities of an amorphous group of medical doctors that are currently carrying out a medical outreach program including minor and major surgeries in Udigie community, Obudu local government area of Cross River State is causing great concern among some of the residents who have raised alarm. CrossRiverWatch gathered that the group has

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I Did Not Promise Any Criminal Gang Appointment – Hon. Elucate Okora, Cross River Lawmaker

By Archibong Jeremiah/Jonathan Ugbal; Government House Correspondent The member representing Obubra 2 state constituency in the Cross River State House of Assembly, CRSHA, Dr. Elucate, Ekom Okora has denied allegations that he promised a criminal gang, Supreme Vikings Confraternity, SVC any political appointment which has resulted in the death of one person in his constituency.

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Proposed Dual Carriage Super Highway Excites Cross River Elders

By Our Correspondent With barely a few weeks to the flag off of the proposed dual carriage super highway linking Calabar-Ikom-Ogoja-Obudu Local Government Areas, elders from the three senatorial zones have expressed excitement over the multiple billion naira road infrastructure. Lauding Governor Ben Ayade for what he described as his courage and vision, Governing Council

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Why Ayade’s Proposal To Build Cocoa Factory In Cross River Is A Welcomed Development BY EMMANUEL ETIM

Cocoa which belongs to the family Steruliacaea and genus Theobroma was discovered in 18th century at the Amazon basin and later spread to other tropical areas of South and Central America, and West Africa. Since the end of the First World War, West Africa has been the highest producer of cocoa. The crop was eventually

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My Visit To An African Food Store In Atlanta BY PRINCEWILL ODIDI

Most times when I visit Nigeria my relatives run around to prepare local delicacies on the assumption that living in America we miss out of these delicacies. They believe we only eat the White man’s food. This is far from the truth, as virtually everything you have in a local market in Calabar is also

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The Enigmatic Ayade Benedict BY NOEL UGBONG

His history runs like a Horatio Alger story. The story of that dude around the block who despite holes in his knickers, deliberately chose to dream big, aim high and with enigmatic strides, dedicated focus and painstaking hard work rose from obscurity to deafening popularity. Many, especially those unbeknownst to his history will find it

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FamilyTies With Capt. Cassie (Part Three)

Back In The Days Wow! I was blown over by the wonderful responses I got. A buddie of mine just capped it with memories of his childhood. Family is not only by blood but then who really cared if we were blood or not. Just the fact that we are from same town, village made

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