By CrossRiverWatch Admin Residents of Essien street in Calabar South Local Government Area of Cross River State are currently battling to put out a fire that is razing properties in the area. A lady who simply gave her name as Ntiero called CrossRiverWatch newsroom mistaking it for Cross River Fire Service. “Is this Cross River
I have read some reactions to yesterday’s incident with the Aero Contractors flight that was to take me and other passangers from the Nnamdi Azikiwe International airport, Abuja to the Margaret Ekpo International airport, Calabar. Some of the reactions ranged from logical, reasonable and some boardering on absurdity. I am a firm believer in the
By Jonathan Ugbal Lagos bound passengers of Aero Cally are currently stranded at the Margaret Ekpo International Airport in Calabar following the failure of Flight N2123 from Abuja to land after being cleared to do so. Aero Cally is a contraption of Aero Contractors, an existing airline and Cally Air, the proposed airline of the
By Jonathan Ugbal and Sylvia Akpan The Aero Cally flight N2176 from Calabar to Abuja on Tuesday was delayed for about 40 minutes due to a video shoot for the advert of the proposed airline floated by the Cross River State government, CallyAir. Aero Cally is a contraption of Aero Contractors, an existing airline and
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Aviation security at the Margaret Ekpo International Airport in Calabar, the Cross River capital are battling with angry passengers of Aero Contractors after their flight was cancelled at the last minute. Staff are currently locked in a safe room to ensure the visibly angry passengers do not lynch them. Sources say there
By Jonathan Ugbal Nigeria’s former top spy, Ekpenyong Ita has written the management of Max Air limited to add the Calabar aviation route in it’s operations. Mr. Ita who retired in 2015 as Director General of Nigeria’s secret police, the SSS in a letter sighted by CrossRiverWatch and dated January 13, addressed to Max Air
By CrossRiverWatch Admin An Allied Air cargo plane conveying cash belonging to the Central Bank of Nigeria on Wednesday, landed at the Margaret Ekpo international airport (MGK) despite a ban on local and international air travel. The ban was occasioned by the need to curb movement in order to curb the spread of the COVID-19
By Jonathan Ugbal Mark Essien, the chief executive officer of online hotels booking firm, Hotels.ng has sparked a row on Twitter over his call for the sale of the Margaret Ekpo International Airport in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. Essien in a tweet thread argued that since the airport was in the center of