By CrossRiverWatch Admin For the people of Woda, a sleepy community in Yala Local Government Area of Cross River State, they could not have it any better than a bounteous gift of a cotton farm. Tucked away in the armpit of the northern part of the state with no access road and no electricity but
By CrossRiverWatch Admin People all over the world of the same country, tribe, clan, region or geographical location or zone have a history and distinct cultural practices that clearly defines and differentiates them from other people and their cultures. They equally have important festivals and delicacies which portrays their true cultural identity and heritage, and
By CrossRiverWatch Admin In 1999, Mr Donald Duke became governor of Cross River State. It may not be necessary to state here how he became governor but suffice to say that during the first four years of his government, we only heard about projects like castor seeds, cashew nuts, pineapple fruits and model towns and
By CrossRiverWatch Admin In 1962, the Eastern Nigeria Regional government, under the premiership of Dr. Michael I. Okpara, acquired land from Irruan, Osokom, Okundi and Borum communities and established the Boki Farm Settlement in Borum. Later, the farm settlement metamorphosed into what is now known as the Boki Oil Palm Estate, that generates a lot
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Maneuvering my way through the densely populated Nyanya area to keep up with an earlier appointment around Maitama. I struggled to pick a persistent call. The caller, a dear friend, Ukachi Chukwu, Media and Communications Officer- Youth Initiative for Advocacy, Growth & Advancement (YIAGA) , was on the other end. “Edem, please,
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Recently, the Federal Government in Nigeria released the second tranche of the Paris Club Refund to the 36 states of the federation. The states received varying sums ranging from as high as Ten Billion Naira for some states like Rivers, Kano, Akwa Ibom, Lagos and Bayelsa to as low as a little
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Permit me to begin this piece with a quote by former President Goodluck Jonathan who in April 29, 2010 at the launch of ‘one man one vote campaign’in Benin made the following statement “Political disempowerment is the foundation for economic and social exclusion and this exclusion is the key factor that promotes
By CrossRiverWatch Admin One interesting component about the English Language is that a single word can have more than one meaning and its meaning varies depending on usage and context. Now the generic word for this conversation is “cult”. Below the word is defined. According to Cowan Douglas, E (2003) in a publication titled Bearing