By Oto-Obong Clement The management of the indigenous rap group Okpo Rekordz says it never believed people outside the shores of Nigeria would yearn to listen to their content which popularizes life in the streets of Calabar with most of their lyrics in Efik, their mother tongue. The manager of the label, Ephraim Inyang who
By Nicolas Kalu, Nation In a bid to increase the capacity of participating boys and girls to learn, exercise agency, protect their health, graduate and earn their certificate and optimize their potentials, the Four Pillars PLUS Project has been launched in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. The Four Pillars PLUS Project is a three-year
By Archibong Jeremiah The remains of an unknown elderly man believed to between age 50 and 60 has been found dead at the St. Patrick College (SPC) bus stop by the Murtala Mohammed high way, Calabar. The man thought to have been forcefully evicted by his landlord, according to neighbours, died this Easter morning after
By CrossRiverWatch admin Youths in Abi local government area have called for a lasting solution to the land crisis facing some communities in the council area which has led to the loss of lives and property over the years. The youths under the aegis of the National Youth Council of Nigeria, Abi chapter made this
By CrossRiverWatch admin Eyo Asuquo, Chairman, World Mayors’ Conference, African Region, on Thursday in Abuja said that Nigeria would host this year’s edition in Calabar from May 23 to May 27. Asuquo said this when his team paid a courtesy call on Mr Qin Jian, the Deputy Head of Mission of the Embassy of the
By CrossRiverWatch admin A Federal High Court in Calabar, Cross River State has jailed four persons for being in possession of cannabis sativa, popularly referred to as Indian hemp. The four persons, who were apprehended at different times in the state, were Grace Etim (female 32); Obini Mathias (male, 65); Sunday Imoh (male, 19); and
By CrossRiverWatch admin The Police in Cross River says it has arrested an armed robbery suspect and recovered N620,000 from him. The police command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP John Eluu, told journalists in Calabar that the suspect was arrested on February 17 in Ogoja local government area of the state. “On the 17th of February
When in his Inaugural Speech Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State, Nigeria promised “We shall bring new vistas of hope by expanding the means of production, increasing access to capital and catalyzing our value chain” many critics dismissed this as mere rhetoric and were quick to say “we have heard all of these before”.