By Jonathan Ugbal, Ikwen Atuaka and Linus Ogar Every Year, the months of August and September in the northern part of Cross River State comprising five local government areas, Bekwarra, Obanliku, Obudu, Ogoja and Yala local is packed full with festivities as the people celebrate their New Yam festivals to mark the harvest of the
By Jonathan Ugbal The last four days of the Leboku festival, the new yam festival of the Ugep nation in Yakurr local government of Cross River State is always the peak of the celebration with this year’s edition producing the routine and scintillating performances of the festival that has become one of Cross River’s
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Obudu Mountain Resort does not generate income for the Cross River State Government says the Special Adviser on event’s management and Governor’s office, Kenneth Aklah CrossRiverWatch can authoritatively report. Aklah who says the facility does not generate enough to pay the salaries of staff, disclosed this recently on “The Dialogue
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Entries for the nominations for different categories in the fourth edition of the Cross River Movies Awards (CRMA) have opened CrossRiverWatch has been reliably informed. The Special Assistant to Cross River Governor, Ben Ayade on Tourism, Eric Anderson sent a flier to CrossRiverWatch newsroom containing information for the process of entries.
I have been looking at Bauchi State and I am amazed. I had really hoped that with the economy reducing foreign travel (it is EXPENSIVE), Cross River State would reap the money for holidays, honeymoons, conferences and other events that may have been done outside the country. Other States are positioning for the market share
By Our Correspondent The Conservator of the Cross River State National Park, Mr. Yakubu Mohammed Kolo (Assistant Conservator General), in an interview with the Nation Newspaper, is delighted over the plan of the Cross River State government to construct a super-highway from Calabar to Obudu. He said this will aid accessibility to the park. His
Traveling recently on transit through Accra airport, gave me hope Africa would get it right someday. One thing I have come to learn over time is that the society has a way of shaping her peoples degree of integrity. Arriving Accra, I needed to make a call, I found a young boy selling recharge cards,
By Christiana Ukung Alawa The Obudu Face of Culture Queen 2014, Queen Evelyn Ugbaka has said that what makes one unique is culture and that our culture as Cross Riverians is our heritage. She made the pronouncement during a chat with CrossRiverWatch this weekend where she revealed that she had contested over three times consecutively