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Questions For President Jonathan As He Visits Cross River This Week BY OBONO OBLA

President Goodluck Jonathan was chosen as the Vice Presidential running mate of late President Umaru Musa Yaradua in the 2007 presidential election mainly because he is from Bayelsa State in the South/South Region in accordance with the Zoning Policy of his Party –Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. It is instructive that Cross River State is one

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Like Ekiti, Like Cross River BY KALITA JOSEPH ARUKU

A leader takes the coloration of the process and people that brought them into power and so leaders all over the world are functions of the type of people that they lead. A bad leader is a product of a bad people especially when the choice is in the hands of the people. For example

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Society’s Blackmail Of The Unmarried BY MONDAY OGAR

In a week of constant bombardment from the ever vocal political crew of ‘change’ and ‘transformation agenda’, I was drawn to a picture on the timeline of a Facebook friend. The picture is of the banner of one of the popular churches in Calabar declaring to passers by that ‘I must get married this year!

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HAPPY 2015: Resilient Cross River People

By Our Editorial Team We, in CrossRiverWatch have every reason to thank the Creator for preserving us, all the good people of Cross River State and other Nigerians that we have successfully burst into 2015 and are full of expectation that we shall see many more years to come. We sincerely salute you our people

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HealthTALK BY DR. OSIM E. E.

Welcome to HealthTALK, one of the many new features CrossRiverWatch is creating just for YOU – because we don’t just inform our audience, we also educate. In this first episode, we are going straight into the “heart of the matter” – the HEART! Today’s Theme: What’s in a Heartbeat? It’s very informative. Sit back, Relax,

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The Odey Ochicha Phenomenon BY KALITA JOSEPH ARUKU

It was my friend Emmanuel Olayi a former speaker of the SUG parliament of University of Calabar who first mentioned the name” Odey Ochicha” to me. He was telling me about an uncommon senior friend he came to know who works in NNPC and how he has assisted so many Bekwarra students in tertiary institutions

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Governor Imoke And Cross River Workers Salary

By Our Editorial Team The most heinous and vicious crime any employer can commit against an employee is to deny him/her the wages due at the end of the month, two weeks, a week or after a day labor as the case may be, or as applicable under the prevailing laws of the land. Such

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Failure Of Government And Police As A Threat To Peaceful Festive Period – By Archibong Jeremiah

Over time I have followed keenly to see how the Nigerian Police and government of Cross River State will handle the case of extra judicial killing of Derek Maurice Ben alongside 5 others between 16th and 17th April 2014 by a group of 14 policemen attached to the Special Anti Robbery Squad, SARS Police Headquarters

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