By Ogar Monday Cross River State is known for its tourism potential and the state’s ability to pull crowds to its capital city of Calabar during its widely celebrated annual Carnival Calabar held during the yuletide and tagged “Africa’s Biggest Street Party”. When visitors come to town, they go for sightseeing in some of
By Elijah Ugani and Jonathan Ugbal In a bid to return Cross River State to its clean and green nature, Cross Riverians recently have develop several means of evacuating and managing waste. Volunteerism, basic recycling, composting and burning have become new trends across the state findings by CrossRiverWatch reveal. “We are doing this to encourage
By CrossRiverWatch admin National Vice Chairman, South South of the governing APC, Hilliard Eta has justified recent appointments made by President Muhammadu Buhari saying he has the discretion to choose whoever he deems fit to deliver on the change mantra. In a statement by Eta in Calabar, the APC chieftain who is a member of
By CrossRiverWatch admin Cross River State is set to become one of few states in the country to adopt and domesticate the Administration of Criminal Justice Act. The adoption of the Act is a demonstration of the political will of Governor Ben Ayade who feels that the justice sector reform in the state should move
By Our Correspondent A Russian firm, Safinet Group has expressed its desire to establish a 7,000 barrels per day capacity refinery in Calabar with a provision to increase production to between 60,000 to 65, 000 barrels a day. Chairman of Safinet, Mr. Arsen Mudonov disclosed this during a meeting with the state governor, Senator Ben
By Ogar Monday It was a fun filled evening for lovers of poetry as eleven contestants slugged it out at the inaugural edition of the Calabar Poetry Slam, with Gabriel Nkanu going home with the top prize. While declaring the occasion open, the Speaker of the Cross River State House of Assembly, Hon. John Gaul
By CrossRiverWatch admin CrossRiverWatch can confirm that Mr. Odigha Odigha, Chairman NGO Coalition for Environment was Thursday arrested in Calabar by men of the Nigeria Police Force, from the Cross River State Police Headquarters following a petition against him from some individuals (unknown to CrossRiverWatch) in relationship to a dispute over an undisclosed amount of
By CrossRiverWatch admin The Attorney General of Cross River State, Barrister Joe Abang has alleged that a social media commentator and critic of the Governor Ayade administration, Ifere Paul is a robber and kidnapper who is now wanted by the Police. In a recent press briefing which held at the State Ministry of Justice, the