By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has for the first time explained that the reason behind the decision to present NGN1.3 trillion as estimated spending for the year 2018. He said it was because the investment outlay for the year is more than that. Mr. Ayade disclosed this while
By Ogar Monday The annual Tinkoriko dance procession is aimed at uniting youth groups and bringing to them, a sense of their cultural heritage says the organizer, Hon. Orok Duke. “Today everyone will drop their differences and they will all become one as they play Tinkoriko,” Orok told CrossRiverWatch at this year’s edition which according
By Jonathan Ugbal Former Governor Liyel Imoke of Cross River State has charged politicians to always focus on the people as they are the essence of politics. Mr. Imoke gave this charge while addressing members of the Women Initiative Nigeria (WIN) who accompanied Senator John Owan-Enoh and several other All Progressives Congress chieftains to Itigidi
By Jonathan Ugbal Entries for both the Linda Ayade literary art competition and the Afi Ekong visual art competition have opened, a statement from the Cross River State Department of Creative and Knowledge Economy says. The competitions are aimed at developing the creative industry in the state as well as promoting young talents read the
By Jonathan Ugbal And Oto-Bong Clement The Passion 4 Band has emerged as winners of the 2017 Carnival Calabar. Freedom Band and Bayside Band emerged second and third respectively. The Carnival despite having the largest crowd ever, has been viewed widely as a flop. The state’s event tourism flagship event which was billed to be
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Bakor Nation is today largely misunderstood and appropriated to identify and typify the Ejagham sub-groups of Ikom Local Government Area Constituency II communities and clans, as well as all of Ogoja Local Government Area’s communities and clans besides the Mbube grouping. However, some three to four decades ago or so, the
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent A total of 27 cultural troupes participated in the 2017 edition of the Cross River Cultural Carnival. These consists of cultural troupes representing the eighteen local government areas in the state and 9 other visiting states who are competing for various prizes at the event which the Deputy Governor,
By Jonathan Ugbal The Cross River State Government will spend about NGN3 Billion for the 2017 Carnival Calabar and Festivals sources in Government House say. A breakdown of the figure shows that the five competing banks in the Carnival alone will share NGN500 million at NGN100 million apiece as subvention while the Governor’s band also