Cross River State is among the few States in Nigeria that operate a functional multi-door court. The Calabar Multi-Door Court is a court connected initiative operating under the auspices of the Cross River State High Court, and it is designed to complement the conventional adversarial method of dispute resolution (litigation). The Multi-Door Court was established
As the cliché goes, “a gold fish has no hiding place”, and so it was that the most powerful black man on earth, President Muhammadu Buhari has graciously approved the appointment of the opposition leader of Cross River State, Chief Okoi Obono-Obla as his Special Assistant (Prosecution). The appointment was not just timely but a
There are so many stories surrounding the Superhighway project of the Cross River State Government that, at the moment, if the road were to be a guy or a babe for instance, he/she will sure be one of the trending topics on Twitter, Facebook or make headlines on Linda Ikeji. The 260km Superhighway estimated to
“Our laws prohibit cutting even a single tree. I am now in the process of drafting a new law that will prohibit the use of wood for roofing. All roofing materials must be made of steel. When that happens the demand for timber will reduce”. -Governor Ayade Even though I support the use of synthetic
When the Ministry of Environment issued a stop work order on the construction of the Calabar – Ogoja superhighway conceived by Governor Ben Ayade and commenced after a ground-breaking ceremony by Mr. President some months ago, many celebrated it because in their minds, it is a fulfilment of their asinine predictions that the highway will
Big dreams that emanates from a clear mind and heart, followed up with a lucid direction on how to go about the actualization of such dreams will always lead to huge manifestation of mind bulging infrastructural development which stunted minds can hardly fathom to be possible in this realm of existence among mortal men. The
The third treatise in our series on potentials of the creative industry for creating jobs and contributing to the development of our economy is focused on visual art industry. Earlier, we had taken a look at the film industry and the music industry. This promises to be as enlightening as the first and the second.
“In recognizing the challenges that we as a country face, and of course, with the meltdown in the global economy, it is evident that only states that globalize their economy can move forward.” These were the words of the Executive Governor of Cross River State, Nigeria, Sen. Prof Benedict Ayade while briefing newsmen at the