By Archibong Jeremiah The Cross River State Governor, Sen. Ben Ayade, said the 2022 Carnival Calabar is special. Governor Ayade said so while declaring this year’s carnival open. The theme is “Agro-Industrialization”. He commemorated the victims of the bikers parade and urged the President, General Muhammed Buhari to do the same. The flag off was
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 Jonathan Ugbal The Cross River State Government has appropriated over N14.5 billion for tourism related activities under the purview of the Special Adviser Governor’s Office, a study of the 2019 budget of Qabalistic Densification shows. A newly introduced African Festival of Arts and Culture (Africult) will cost the State N300 million while a motor
By Archibong Jeremiah There was mild drama during the Miss Africa 2018 beauty pageant which held at the Calabar International Conference Center as the third edition winner, Miss Dorcas Kasinde’s hair caught fire. The fire was caused by the fire works on the stage after she was announced winner. The fire which was surprising to
By Mary Umani Miss Congo Dorcas Kasinde has emerged Miss Africa 2018 thereby winning thirty five thousand dollars ($35,000), SUV as well as be the Ambassador of Africanism, the theme of this year’s Carnival Calabar and Festivals. Nigeria’s Chimamaka Goodness Nnaemeka and Miss Zambia Gladys Kayumba were the 2nd and 3rd runner up. After receiving
By Ushang Ewa An unnamed member of the organizing team for the Cross River State sponsored Miss Africa beauty pageant died in Calabar, the state capital during the 2017 edition an investigation by CrossRiverWatch reveals. The unnamed member is said to be a South African and relative of the fourth wife of President Jacob Zuma,
Miss Botswana has emerged winner of the 2017 Miss Africa contest in Calabar. Details shortly:
By Ushang Ewa The 25 finalists for the 2017 edition of the Miss Africa beauty pageant will begin arriving Calabar, the Cross River State capital today (Saturday) a statement from the organizers says. This follows the conclusion of the auditions which held in several places across the African continent with reigning queen; Angola’s Neurite Mended