By Jonathan Ugbal Nigeria’s former top spy, Ekpenyong Ita has written the management of Max Air limited to add the Calabar aviation route in it’s operations. Mr. Ita who retired in 2015 as Director General of Nigeria’s secret police, the SSS in a letter sighted by CrossRiverWatch and dated January 13, addressed to Max Air
By Jonathan Ugbal Dozens of farms and a few structures have been destroyed at locations near the proposed Obudu international cargo airport in northern Cross River. Residents told this reporter that armed troops of the Nigerian Army and personnel of the Nigerian Police Force accompanied bulldozers to the site earlier on Friday for the demolition
By CrossRiverWatch Admin As the Obudu cargo airport project crisis depens, the Cross River State Government has dished out threat to Okambi Community, in Obudu Local Government Area and any other opposed to the project. Impeccable source monitoring on-the-ground progress of situation in the Community has revealed that: “Yesterday (Monday) evening between 5:30pm – 6pm,
By CrossRiverWatch Admin An Allied Air cargo plane conveying cash belonging to the Central Bank of Nigeria on Wednesday, landed at the Margaret Ekpo international airport (MGK) despite a ban on local and international air travel. The ban was occasioned by the need to curb movement in order to curb the spread of the COVID-19
By Jonathan Ugbal The last may not have been heard of the decision of the Cross River State Government to construct a passenger and cargo airport in Obudu Local Government Area as one of the host communities has claimed that over five hundred million Naira worth of crops have been destroyed so far. One of
By Jonathan Ugbal Mark Essien, the chief executive officer of online hotels booking firm, Hotels.ng has sparked a row on Twitter over his call for the sale of the Margaret Ekpo International Airport in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. Essien in a tweet thread argued that since the airport was in the center of
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent Follow @NaijaJonathan The maiden flight of Cross River State carrier, CaliAir may come sooner than expected with Equatorial Guinea the likely destination. Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade Wednesday in Calabar said the state will explore and strengthen its relationship with that country especially in areas of maritime and
By Jonathan Ugbal Arik Air on Tuesday announced that it will resume flight operations on the Abuja-Calabar (ABV-CBQ) and Abuja-Uyo routes from Friday, December 15 a statement from its Communications Manager, Ola Adebanji, issued in Lagos read. Mr. Adebanji said the airline was increasing its capacity ahead of Christmas and New Year celebrations to enable