Dry runs for Calabar carnival have begun and the streets have begun to bubble back to life. Check out all you need to expect this year. The city of Calabar in Nigeria is one city that comes alive in ...

Revellers dressed in glitzy, colourful costumes danced down the streets of Calabar, southern Nigeria, this weekend as giant speakers blasted out Afrobeats for one of west Africa's most prestigious ...

NAN reports that Calabar is wearing a new look for the carnival with a major roundabout and roads rehabilitated for the carnival. This was disclosed to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) by the ...

A prominent cultural analyst, Offiong Bassey, has called for synergy and continued collaboration to promote Calabar Carnival to boost Cross River State tourism sector. Bassey stated this on Tuesday in ...

International Energy Insurance (IEI) Plc has supported the Calabar Carnival 2024 as its official insurer. The two-day event, which held last December in Calabar, showcased culture, creativity, and ...

To many tourists and fun seekers, the annual Calabar Carnival has come to represent something of a pilgrimage. They look forward to it with great eagerness. To them, it is one glorious moment in the ...

The Cross River Tourism Bureau says no fewer than 300,000 tourists attended the recently concluded 32-day Calabar Carnival held in Calabar, Cross River. The bureau’s Managing Director, Ekpenyong Ojoi, ...

Christmas revellers descended on Nigeria's southern port city of Calabar this weekend for its festive carnival dubbed "Africa's biggest street party". Image source, Emmanuel Adegboye / EPA The glitzy ...

When the Nigerians said that the Calabar Carnival is the largest street party in Africa, I chose to take that statement with some slight reservations. When the Nigerians said that the Calabar Carnival ...

Cross River State Governor, Liyel Imoke, said that the state government was planning to privatize the popular Carnival Calabar, an event he described as a big boost to the economy of the state. Imoke, ...