On Sunday (15 Oct 2023), the Governor of Cross River State, Senator Bassey Otu flagged off his first-ever Carnival Calabar Dry Run. The 2023 Carnival Calabar will also be Bassey Otu’s first carnival since being elected and sworn in as the 15th Governor of Cross River in May 2023. The theme of this year’s carnival…
The Governor of Cross River State, Senator Bassey Otu has stated that the 2023 Carnival Calabar will be the best the world has ever seen, adding that the State security architecture is intact, hence ready to host the world during its 32-day event. Otu gave the assurance on Sunday (15 Oct 2023), while flagging off…
We are up and running for this year’s Carnival Calabar as the Government of Cross River State announces the timetable for dry runs. According to Austin Cobham, Executive Secretary of the Cross River State Carnival Commission, the dry runs will commence this October and end December. The Commission also introduced a dry run for Children…
As Cross River State joins the global community to mark the 2023 World Tourism Day with the theme, “Tourism and Green investments,” the state Commissioner for Tourism, Arts and Culture, Hon Abubakar Ewa, says in less than four months of the present administration, much has been achieved in the sector. Speaking at the event held…
The governor of Cross River State, Sen. Bassey Otu has announced the theme for the 2023 Carnival Calabar, tagged “Season of Sweetness. This was disclosed by Mr Andrea Ekeng Inyang, Special Assistant to the Governor on New Media on Sunday, September 3, 2023. According to Inyang, the Governor also returned the Children’s Carnival which was…
By Frank Ulom The results of the just concluded 2022 Carnival Calabar have been announced. CONVERSEER reports that Odukpani Local Government Area won the Cultural Carnival Parade, while Passion 4 won the Carnival Calabar and South Africa won the International Carnival. Recall that the Bikers/Cars Parade was discontinued by Governor Ben Ayade following the auto…
By Frank Ulom Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State on Wednesday morning, December 28, 2022, visited the Nigerian Navy Reference Hospital, Calabar to empathise with victims of the Carnival Calabar Bikers’ Parade accident and pay their hospital bills. The Governor also visited Bogobiri, the scene of the accident, to commiserate with the Hausa/Fulani community…
By Frank Ulom The contestant representing Nigeria, Miss Precious Onyinye Okoye has emerged winner of the Miss Africa Calabar 2022 after defeating 19 other Contestants across 19 African countries. Okoye, Miss Nigeria, CONVERSEER reports was crowned the African Queen on December 27, 2022, at the Calabar International Conference Centre (CICC), Calabar after gathering the highest…
Following the fatal accident that claimed no fewer than 8 lives, including that of a pregnant woman in Calabar, Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State has discontinued the Bikers’ Parade, part of the Carnival Calabar show. Expressing grief over the incident that happened on Tuesday, December 27, 2022, Ayade directed the immediate discontinuation of…
By Frank Ulom After two years of absence following the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic that put the world at a standstill, the Carnival Calabar and Festival is back this 2022. According to Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State during the First Dry Run on October 16, 2022, the theme for this year is “Agro-Industrialisation“. CONVERSEER…