By CrossRiverWatch Admin 51-year-old, Cross River state born, ‘Ironbar Bassey‘ is an athlete who represented Nigeria in Weightlifting at the 1984 Olympic games in Los Angeles, United States Of America. The #TeamNigeria to Los Angeles 84, had a total of 32 contingent. 30 men and 2 women. The country won two medals. 1 silver and 1 bronze.
By Our Correspondent The Cross River Government has charged its representatives at the Zonal Milo Basketball Competition holding in Enugu to fight harder to win the title. Two schools; Government Secondary School, Barracks Road and Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria Secondary School both in Calabar, the Cross River capital are representing the state in the male
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The second edition of the Honorable Peter Odey Football Tournament has come to an end at the Ogoja Township Stadium with the Young Stars of Ishibori beating Ukpe Youngsters with 3-0 to clinch the coverted trophy. The final match which was played 29th April had the Special Adviser to the President of
By Jonathan Ugbal Players of the Manchester United football club of England in its Match day 35 English Premier League game of the 2016/2017 season with Swansea City football club wore black armbands in honor of the victims of the Calabar viewing centre tragedy. This comes on the heels of Nigeria and Arsenal football legend,
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has described as tragic the loss of lives at a viewing center in Calabar, the state capital. Ayade who is currently in Geneva, Switzerland for a world summit on Neglected Tropical Diseases said it was horrifying and heart wrenching that lives of young
By Ushang Ewa Nigeria’s sports minister, Solomon Dalung, Tuesday said that the federal government still hopes Cross River State will host the 19th edition of the National Sports Festival (NSF) despite delays in hosting the event slated for November 2014. Dalung’s Special Adviser on Media, Nneka Ikem-Anibeze told The Guardian that the ministry is still
By Ushang Ewa Eight-year-old Bright Joel Udoh stole the show at the grand finale of the maiden Calabar open schools table tennis championship following his performance at the three-day tournament where he emerged top in the primary school’s category. Udoh, a pupil of Prison Primary School Calabar thrashed Victor Ogar of De-Montes Primary School in
By Jonathan Ugbal The Chairman of the Enyimba Football Club, Felix Anyansi-Agwu has commended the hospitality meted to his team who are currently playing their home matches in Calabar, the capital City of Cross River State due to ongoing renovations at their home stadium in Aba. “The people of Calabar have made us feel at