By Jonathan Ugbal Follow @NaijaJonathan The Calabar Hospitality House has become the first training center in South South Nigeria to be certified by the Institute for Tourism Professionals (ITP) as a diploma awarding institution. The President of ITP, Chief Abiodun Odunsanwo who presented the certification plaque on Friday, in Calabar to the CHH team charged
By Ushang Ewa An unnamed member of the organizing team for the Cross River State sponsored Miss Africa beauty pageant died in Calabar, the state capital during the 2017 edition an investigation by CrossRiverWatch reveals. The unnamed member is said to be a South African and relative of the fourth wife of President Jacob Zuma,
By Jonathan Ugbal Follow @NaijaJonathan and Elijah Ugani Follow @Elijah_ugani A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Cross River State and aspirant for the 2019 guber elections of the party has fingered the Cross River State Government after members of the National Youth Council of Nigeria attacked the party’s secretariat in Obudu which
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent Follow @NaijaJonathan Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has explained the rationale behind expanding government pointing out that his bid to industrialize the state will be meaningless if the people were hungry. Mr. Ayade who said he has a total of 3,843 appointees pointed out that the statistics have
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 Ushang Ewa A lady, Mrs. Nora Grace Anyating has lost her two months pregnancy after a collapsed pillar in her residence knocked her unconscious following the demolition of her residence by bulldozers clearing the 137 kilometers Mfum – Obudu mountain resort dual carriage way. Mrs. Anyating is said to have been attempting to move
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent Follow @NaijaJonathan Members of the People’s Democratic Party in Calabar Municipal and Odukpani local government area have joined about seven other local government areas in the endorsement of Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River ahead of the 2019 general elections. The people led by Mr. Oqua Itu on Thursday
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent Follow @NaijaJonathan Barely a week after Akamkpa and Biase local government areas endorsed Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River to seek reelection, three more local government areas in the southern senatorial district; Akpabuyo, Bakassi and Calabar South local government areas have thrown their weight behind Mr. Ayade. The endorsement