Hardly anyone in today’s world can dispute the value technology brings to service delivery. Whether it is a simple email or SMS (Short Messaging Service) that informs you that your application has been received and is being processed or a more complex system that enables you to pay for a service online, technology can make
As politicians in Cross River State begin to jostle against 2023, it is important for everyone to be reminded of what is one of the State’s biggest challenges – It’s debt burden. Going by 2019 records, Cross River State owes more than N230 billion. This debt is divided into external debt of $209million and domestic
In one of my earlier articles, Labouring under a deadly burden, I wrote about one of Cross River State’s biggest challenges – It’s debt burden. I reflected on the fact that the State’s debt grew by 78% from 2014 to 2019 leaving it with debt of more than N230 billion. Debt is not necessarily a
Most Nigerian leaders play the citizens like a game. How do you explain that a man whose negligence may have caused the under remittances of Operating Surplus at the Nigerian Port Authority (NPA) leading to the current ordeal of madam Hadiza Usman is now the acting Head of the same NPA? How? Hear this: “Mr.
Recently, on April 17th, the British royal family laid to rest the remains of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh at a low-key ceremony at St. George’s Chapel, Windsor. The Duke had died peacefully on April 9, at the age of 99. The Duke’s death in the middle of a global pandemic left many including yours
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Residents of Calabar and its environs have been sharing and discussing in low tones, the contents of an audio file shared on a messaging service social media platform, WhatsApp, wherein, a lady claims that due to militants incursion into the city, there will be a curfew of some sorts, hence the need
On February 8, 2021, the Honourable Justice Akon Bassey Ikpeme, was sworn in as the substantive Chief Judge of Cross River State, in a colourful ceremony that was attended and watched live by many. It has been a tortuous journey, for My Lord in particular. How did it happen? On March 3, 2020, Governor Ben
‘Is death the last sleep? No, it is the last and final awakening.’ …Sir Walter Scott Gentle yet rock solid, your actions, Feeble yet firmly rooted, your strides. Today? Memories for lovers Yesterday? Thoughts for brothers Tomorrow? Nostalgia for others Presently? Damn! scream thy co-workers. Mien? Yours, Brother man, it left wonders Hard? For motherland,