By Jeremiah Archibong/Jonathan Ugbal Speculations that the 2015 edition of Carnival Calabar will not hold may have been put to rest as Cross River Deputy Governor, Prof. Ivara Esu earlier today afternoon at about 1:31pm flagged off the administration’s first Dry Run, a preliminary to what the State has come to tag as “Africa’s Biggest
By CrossRiverWatch admin The first edition of the annual Dry Carnival for the 2015 Calabar Festival/Carnival held today in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. CrossRiverWatch bring you the exclusive pictures.
By Our Correspondent Cross River State House of Assembly, CRSHA has passed its thirteenth and fourteenth bills into law since the commencement of the 8th Assembly. The 13th Bill is to enact a Law to provide for equal opportunities for all persons with special emphasis on people with disabilities, elderly people, sick and feeble. The
President Muhammadu Buhari (PMB) is a man of fairness, equity, justice, and high level discipline. He is aware of the marginalization, oppression, robbery and injustice that have been inflicted on Cross River State and her people by the federal government since 1999. Buhari is also aware of the fact that Cross River State despite receiving
By Emmanuel Una The Muri Munene of Efuts and Paramount Ruler of Calabar South Local Government Area of Cross River State, Muri Effiong Mbukpa, has alleged that some influential persons incited criminals to march into his palace and attack him. He also said that the influential persons, who were working against his getting the staff
By Archibong Jeremiah Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River state has appealed to tanker drivers in the state to call off their ongoing strike which has worsened the fuel supply situation and hiked transport fares across the state. The governor also promised the tanker drivers who are striking over the impassable state of the Calabar
By Archibong Jeremiah The Nigeria Institution of Surveyors (NIS) Cross River State Branch has lauded the State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade for what they called ‘daring to dream crazy’. According to them, the signature projects, particularly the deep seaport and super highway are crazy dreams never thought as achievable by non-crazy dreamers. Their position was
It was sometime in year 2000, while in the office of the Minister, in the Ministry of Cooperation and Integration in Africa as Head of Media and Public Relations, my boss, Prof. Jerry Gana had called me into his office to meet a very close friend of his, whose wife was having some issues in