250,000 Naira seems very little to me! Wasn't Tinapa's objective mainly to attract people who would otherwise shop in Dubai, etc.?
250,000 naira could hardly cover merchants' expenses, let alone be worthwhile a resell volume, This is not to mention that one of the emporiums was designated as a car dealership, if memory serves me well. The 250k ceiling would automatically exclude car purchases!

Very nice pics, I wish the foreign media would once in a while show pics like that of Nigeria instead of portraying us all the time as animals and 419ers. Na wa oh!! my jaw almost dropped when I saw all the street lights working and the well organized spectators. Thumps up for Calaba people.

@celemel nice pictures, thanx 4d update on Tinapa. I agree with Zexyworm tho 250k is too small

@DisGuy - I think the language is Latin, there are letters missing in the text it originally reads: Neque porro quisquam est qui dolorem ipsum quia dolor sit amet, consectetur, adipisci velit . . .
"There is no one who loves pain itself, who seeks after it and wants to have it, simply because it is pain . . .".

http://www.straightdope.com/columns/010216.html

Apparently it is a a filler for documnets used to demonstrate the graphic elements of a document or visual presentation, such as font, typography, and layout.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorem_ipsum

English translation
Cicero's original text: "…neque porro quisquam est, qui dolorem ipsum quia dolor sit amet, consectetur, adipisci velit, sed quia non numquam eius modi tempora incidunt ut labore et dolore magnam aliquam quaerat voluptatem. Ut enim ad minima veniam, quis nostrum exercitationem ullam corporis suscipit laboriosam, nisi ut aliquid ex ea commodi consequatur? Quis autem vel eum iure reprehenderit qui in ea voluptate velit esse quam nihil molestiae consequatur, vel illum qui dolorem eum fugiat quo voluptas nulla pariatur?"

H. Rackham's 1914 translation: "Nor again is there anyone who loves or pursues or desires to obtain pain of itself, because it is pain, but because occasionally circumstances occur in which toil and pain can procure him some great pleasure. To take a trivial example, which of us ever undertakes laborious physical exercise, except to obtain some advantage from it? But who has any right to find fault with a man who chooses to enjoy a pleasure that has no annoying consequences, or one who avoids a pain that produces no resultant pleasure?"

Was kinda confused myself I was like, this does not look like Efik?

@celemel - thanks alot for all the info, I must surely land next time. Do you think they will do something for Easter, they should!

Here are some hotels websites and rates:

Le Chateau:
http://www.ths-lechateau.com/Reservation.html

Channel View Hotels:
http://channelviewhotelsng.com/s_accomodation.php

Heritage:
Ikom’s biggest and most modern hotel is Heritage. According to Mr. Alfred Etta, a tourist guide and driving school proprietor, Heritage Hotel is a three-star affair. A double room at Heritage comes at N3, 220 per day but the guest is expected to deposit N8, 000. At the top end, Heritage offers Executive Suites. A night’s stay in an Executive Suite at Heritage Hotel costs N5, 520 but the lodger is expected to deposit N10, 000.

http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/features/travels/2004/nov/25/travels-25-11-2004-001.htm (this article and rates are from 2004)

why was ita-giwa feeling unsafe

I feel like going home.

www.crossriverquality.com hand full Information about Calabar and Cross River

Celmel,

Do you know if there would be a carnival in Calabar this year, 2009? Would like to organize a trip there?

Are you based in Calabar?

Can someone plz post the nairaland link to Carnival Calabar 2009 for me?

did calabar get this from the west indies (carribbean) or have they always had carnivals ?? ? ?