By Jonathan Ugbal; Government House Correspondent As part of the new additions to the 2016 Calabar Festival, the Cross River State government Friday in Calabar held the maiden African food festival. An idea of former adviser to President Olusegun Obasanjo on National Assembly matters, Senator Florence Ita-Giwa, the food festival aims to unite all tribes
By Jonathan Ugbal Cross River Commissioner for Finance, Asuquo Ekpenyong Sunday in Lagos bagged an award for public service delivery. Ekpenyong alongside 20 others pipped about 84 other nominees in 21 different categories to win the eleventh edition of the awards which aims to celebrate African youths between the ages of 18 and 31 who
By Jonathan Ugbal The Cross River State Government has announced that it is partnering with the Peter Bello foundation and Japanese optics and imaging giants Nikon to educate Cross Riverians on photography skills. The Special Adviser to the Governor on Events management and governor’s office, Kenneth Aklah disclosed this during a media briefing Friday, in
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By CrossRiverWatch Admin Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River today (Thursday) inaugurated the `Calabar Municipal Garden’ which will serve as the 2016 Calabar Carnival village, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Ayade said that the village was chosen because it was central and accessible to residents and tourists. The governor said the village would
By CrossRiverWatch Admin As part of the rewards for the successful organization of the Miss Africa Pageant, the governor of Cross River State, Senator Ben Ayade today announced Mr. Mathias Amgbah who handled the social media component of the Miss Africa Pageant which just ended in Calabar, as his Senior Special Assistant on Web and
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Cross River State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has maintained that motivation remains the surest way of getting the best out of young people who are taking the right decisions. The governor made this assertion while announcing the sum of N10million for his Senior Special Assistant, Events, Mr. Tom Ikpeme for effectively packaging
By CrossRiverWatch Admin FAD 99.9 FM Calabar has launched an application for its audience CrossRiverWatch authoritatively reports. The app according to our Tech correspondent was launched early in November and developed by the broadcast outfit tech team and offered by Gotright group who according to information contained on Google Playstore have developed about four other