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Carnival Calabar

29 Dec
Calabar on Thursday stood still as the parade of the bands took centre stage in the ongoing cultural festival christened “Carnival Calabar”.
21 Nov
Cros River State Government has said it has concluded all arrangements to treat the world to the best carnival in the history of the state. The state Commissioner for Information, Erasmus Ekpang told journalists at a joint press conference in Calabar...
12 Nov
Towards repositioning the African largest street festival, Carnival Calabar, the Governor of Cross River State, Bassey Otu, has again appointed Okhma Global, an innovative organisation focused on building sustainable cities through tourism...
7 Oct
As part of its commitment to raise the bar for this year’s Carnival Calabar, dubbed Africa’s Biggest Street Party, the Cross River State Carnival Commission has concluded plans to host the first rehearsal. A statement signed by the Executive Secretary of the Commission, Evangelist Austin Cobham, indicated that the rehearsal, which has been tagged first…

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