By Able Winnard The Department of Nursing Services in the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH) hosted its annual prize-giving award ceremony which is centered on recognizing excellence, dedication, and commitment to service. In the event yesterday, Nurse Rebecca Mendie was honored and celebrated as the best Nurse of 2022, owing to her dedication and
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Founded on the principles of open governance and accountability, through investigative journalism CrossRiverWatch published 22 investigative reports that exposed corruption in Cross River State last year. The reports were published under different projects supported by Civic Media Lab, Climate Tracker, Policy Alert, Y Monitor, I-79 Media Consults, Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism,
By Patrick Obia The Passion 4 carnival band has been declared the winner of the 2022 Carnival Calabar Band Competition while Odukpani Local Government Area and South Africa came top on the cultural and international parades. Passion 4 band known for their green outfit and stunts pulled 1,762 points to come top for the eleventh
By Archibong Jeremiah The Cross River State Governor, Sen. Ben Ayade, said the 2022 Carnival Calabar is special. Governor Ayade said so while declaring this year’s carnival open. The theme is “Agro-Industrialization”. He commemorated the victims of the bikers parade and urged the President, General Muhammed Buhari to do the same. The flag off was
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By Ogar Monday The Cross River State Government has said that agriculture remains a priority of the Sen. Ben Ayade administration. The governor made the reiteration at the second dry-run of the 2022 Calabar Carnival which was held yesterday, 13th November 2022. Governor Ben Ayade who was speaking at the flag-off revealed that the State
By Ogar Monday The Cross River State Governor, Sen. Ben Ayade has insisted that the African continent is capable of self-sustenance, and this year’s carnival will portray that. Ayade, who was speaking at the flag-off of the first dry run for the 2022 Carnival Calabar, added that the theme of the carnival was chosen to
By Patrick Obia The once Africa’s biggest street party, Carnival Calabar 2022 first dry run has been scheduled to hold on Sunday, 16th of October. Mr. Eric Anderson, Cross River State Commissioner for Culture and Tourism, and the Executive Secretary of the State Carnival Commission, Evangelist Austin Cobham jointly disclosed the government’s readiness to make