By Archibong Jeremiah The Bekwara Development Association, Calabar branch over the weekend marked its 2014 new yam festival with pomp and pageantry. The Chairman of the festival Mr. Godwin Iyala asserted that the festival was an opportunity for the association to say thank you to God Almighty for the prosperous new yams harvest which is
By Cynthia Michael The National Agency for the Control of AIDS, NACA has identified Cross River and 11 other states as well as the Federal Capital Territory as HIV endemic states in the country. Director-General of NACA, Prof. John Idoko, said this in Ikom, Cross River, at the opening of a four-day free HIV and
By Obaji Akpet The pageant representing Federal Capital Territory, Abuja; Elizabeth Ndukwe, 20 has emerged winner of Miss Hospitality Ambassador Nigeria. The 300 level student of Human Resource Management, Zenith University, Accra, Ghana became winner of the much coveted National pageantry, which held at the Mirage Hotel in Nigeria’s number one tourism destination, Calabar, recently.
Sylvia Etta Cross River State Governor, Senator Liyel Imoke and the leadership of the People Democratic Party (PDP) in the state have been lauded for zoning the governorship position to northern senatorial district for the 2015 race. Speaking exclusively to CrossRiverWatch in Calabar, the village head of Etabayip, Kasuk Quo Clan, Calabar Municipality, His Highness,
by crossriverwatch admin Residents of Ikot Ishi community in Calabar Municipal Area Council of Cross River State have called for urgent response from security agencies to arrest incessant attacks on their homes and shops by armed robbers who often rape their daughters in the process. CrossRiverWatch gathered that the community has been continuously attacked in
Every action is preceded by a counter reaction. We are normally advised before we act to think about what effect our actions will have on others. Because many friends have asked me this very important question: “who takes over from Imoke and what I thought,” it became imperative to engage myself in studying the candidates
John Ushie Senator Benedict Ayade, (PDP, Cross River North) has said that the deplorable state of the Obudu-Ogoja Road and his awareness of the financial constraints of concerned authorities is what has prompted his intervention in the rehabilitation of the trunk A, expressway. Rehabilitation work on the road by Leophina Construction company commenced on Friday
Obaji Akpet The daughter of Nigeria’s former lawmaker, Senator Florence Ita Giwa, Kokoeka Florence Mayen, gave a node to her heartthrob Chimaobi Shawcross Obioha Jnr, last Saturday. The solemnization of the union took place at the Methodist Church of the Trinity, Tinubu, Lagos following a grand reception later at the Eko Hotel and Suites Convention