By Maxwell Effiong The Calabar Book Club has launched a project to revive the reading culture amongst teenagers and youths in Cross River State. Tagged the “School Library Project,” the immediate goal is to create “a comfortable reading room in mostly public schools,” said Attah Ochinke, the Chairman, Board of Trustees of the Club, at
By Jonathan Ugbal Follow @NaijaJonathan and Monday Ogar Follow @ogar_monday In a bid to develop the tourism sector in the nine states that make up the Niger Delta region of Nigeria, professionals and stakeholders will between July 11 and 13, 2018 converge in Calabar, the Cross River State capital for the Niger Delta Tourism Expo.
By Ogar Monday The founder of Calabar Hospitality House; a capacity development institution, Mrs. Justina Ovat has said that despite there been a lot of women with capacity in Cross River State, men are still dominating the political space. Ovat who pointed out that the women centered discussions dominating the media was to make up
By Jonathan Ugbal Follow @NaijaJonathan The release of Hollywood blockbuster, Black Panther led to the dawning of movie fans in Nigeria’s port city of Calabar, the Cross River State capital that the only cinema existing in this part of the country silently had stop functioning. It is unclear exactly when the operators of the cinema;
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 Jonathan Ugbal The National Association of Professional Chefs Nigeria has awarded the General Manager of the Tinapa Lakeside Hotel, Justina Ovat a fellow of the association. The National President of the association, Chef Paulinus Okon, while presenting the award to Mrs. Ovat in her office in Calabar, the Cross River State capital on Monday
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has approved the appointment of Ojong Ayiba as the Managing Director of the Tinapa Business and Leisure Resort. Also, Ayade approved the appointment of Justina Ovat as the General Manager of the Tinapa lakeside Hotel. Ojong Ayiba is the immediate past Chairman of Ikom local government