By Mary Bassey, House of Assembly Correspondent Cross River House of Assembly has resolved to call the Executive arm to revive Bebi Airstrip and other tourist sites across the State. The House unanimously agreed that the State needed to go back towards to it’s glory days, recognizing the economic benefits. This was the outcome of
By Sylvia Akpan, Government House Correspondent Cross River State Governor, Sen. Bassey Edet Otu is set to revamp the Obudu ranch and rates Obudu-German hospital as the best hospital in Nigeria. Gov. Otu disclosed the decision of his administration in a press release signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Emmanuel Ogbeche, released today Sunday.
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Dear Governor Otu, My name is Aribiah David Attoe. Congratulations on your recent victory and assumption of office as Cross River State Governor. I will not bore you with sycophantic rants – whether your assumption of office is well-deserved would largely depend on what you do for Cross River State in the coming years. I
By Ogar Monday The Cross River State Governor, Sen. Ben Ayade has insisted that the African continent is capable of self-sustenance, and this year’s carnival will portray that. Ayade, who was speaking at the flag-off of the first dry run for the 2022 Carnival Calabar, added that the theme of the carnival was chosen to
By Omolola Afolabi, HumAngle Gberefu is a coastal community of mostly farmers and fishers in Badagry, a border town in Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria. It was from here that thousands of Nigerians were kept and sold during the Trans-Atlantic slave trade. The sites and relics of that history are still there to remind visitors of the
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Cross River Governor, Ben Ayade has appointed 527 new aides to fulfil a promise he made to members of All Progressives Congress (APC) when he defected from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). The appointments were announced in two batches by his spokesman, Christian Ita — 500 APC members and 27 Special Assistants,
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Cross River State Tourism Bureau says the Cinema at the Marina resort in Calabar will soon reopen. This follows renovation and other works at the building hosting the cinema in the resort which began in the last quarter of 2020. Following the departure of Filmhouse Cinemas in 2018 due to intimidation