By Archibong Jeremiah The Cross River State House of Assembly Speaker, Hon. John Gaul Lebo and nine others are set to speak at the TEDx Calabar event billed to hold Saturday 3rd December, 2016. The event is said to be a full-day, high-octane, community-driven, independently-organized TED Talk holding at the conference hall of Calabar Women
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Gesila, a community in Assiga, Yakurr Local Government Area of Cross River State has celebrated Dame Gesila Khan, the Resident Electoral Commissioner REC, in the state and bestowed her with a chieftaincy title for bearing same name with the community. It will be recalled that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in
By Emmanuel Unah Senator Ben Ayade, the Cross River State governor has said that he married his wife as a virgin which is the pride of Africans who value the virtues of virginity and chastity. Senator Ayade who made the disclosure in Calabar (today) Thursday while delivering a lecture on the HIV/AIDS scourge to mark
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Calabar Division of the Federal High Court has sentenced to life imprisonment no fewer than 16 suspected vandals who were charged with adulterating 100 tonnes of diesel. The suspects were also ordered to forfeit to the federal government, their vessel MV ALEZZA LILAH which they used for the operation. A statement
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 RE- BEHIND THE BACKDOOR WITHDRAWAL OF CHIEF (BARR) OKOI OBONO OBLA CONFIRMATION AS NON-EXECUTIVE COMMISSIONER IN THE NCC BOARD. My distinguished Senator Owan Enor, I Chief (Barr) Utum U. Eteng, you very well know, a native of Ugep in Yakurr Local Government Area in your senatorial district do hereby make the following
By Our Correspondent Cross River State Commissioner for Police, Mr. Jimoh Ozi-Obeh, yesterday, described the Calabar garment factory as a very fantastic facility with a huge capacity to produce the entire uniforms for the Nigerian Police. Ozi-Obeh disclosed this in Calabar when he was conducted round the factory by Governor Ben Ayade to assess the
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