by crossriverwatch admin Crossriverwatch has gathered from insiders in the Imoke administration that the governor will reshuffle his cabinet on his return from his medical leave in the United States of America. Since Senator Imoke left for the US about two months now, officials of the administration have continued to churn out conflicting statements as
by crossriverwatch admin Illiterate thinking should be discarded. It is anachronistic for some ill informed people to think that the presidency must be occupied by somebody from their back of the neck before they are satisfied. All this hullabaloo about Niger Delta presidency where has it taken us to? What has the average Cross Riverian
by crossriverwatch admin The Minority Leader of the Cross River State House of Assembly, Hon. Alex Irek (ACN, Obubra) has vowed that his party will win over some local government councils from the PDP in the forthcoming local government elections in the state. Hon. Irek who is the only opposition member in the twenty two
by crossriverwatch admin As this year’s local government election and the 2015 governorship election approaches, politicians in Cross River State seem to have also upped their political activities. Not a few of them have resumed oiling their political structures ostensibly in preparation for this year’s Local Council elections as well as the 2015 governorship pools.
by crossriverwatch admin Cross River state Government spent the sum of N1.2 billion on the provision of laboratory equipment in 60 Schools in the year 2012. The state Commissioner for Education, Prof. Offiong Offiong disclosed this recently in Calabar, the state capital. Offiong said the expenditure was in accordance with the State Government’s resolution to
by crossriverwatch admin Ijaw Monitoring Group, IMG, has declared the Bakassi citizen as the Person of Year 2012. In a statement by Comrade Joseph Evah and Comrade Timi Igoli, Coordinator and Secretary General respectively of IMG, the Ijaw said: “The recognition was necessary to assure the people of Bakassi, whose land and people were ceded
by crossriverwatch admin 2013 has arrived with an air of familiarity. Like every other year, it is pregnant with a lot of expectations and hope for most people. Many people are hopeful that their pains, setbacks and unfulfilled expectations of 2012 will find their realization in 2013. No doubt 2012 was a turbulent year for
By Declan Ogar When issues related to Ugaga, the home community of the Honourable Speaker of Cross River State House of Assembly, Rt. Honourable Larry Okori Odey are raised, I personally try to treat them with utmost caution. This is not to say I don’t want to preach progress even in my own village; because