by crossriverwatch admin Cross River State Governor, Senator Liyel Imoke is chairing an ongoing meeting of the executive council of the state at the government house in Calabar. A Crossriverwatch source in the meeting which is still on, reports that it was a very warm atmosphere with a lot of back patting and the governor
by crossriverwatch admin Cross River State Governor, Senator Liyel Imoke has officially resumed work after a 3 month vacation. Imoke, who returned to the country on Friday, has in compliance with the provisions of the Constitution, written to the House of Assembly, notifying the state lawmakers of his return. The Governor is expected to chair
by crossriverwatch admin Lagos lawyer, human rights activist and anti-corruption crusader, Mr. Festus Keyamo has described the ongoing crisis in Obudu local government as akin to the legendary folktale about Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves. In a telephone interview with crossriverwatch, Keyamo said, “getting an award for whatever reason is not the point; it
by crossriverwatch admin One of the leading opposition candidates in the February 28, 2012 governorship election in Cross River State, Mrs. Ima Nsa-Adegoke has said that lack of portable waters in Cross River State rural communities is on the increase. Speaking with journalists shortly after the commissioning of water projects initiated by her foundation, The
by crossriverwatch admin The Golden Eaglets actually saved their best for the last with a thrilling 9-0 pounding of Diamond Zebras of Botswana to complete an aggregate win of 12-0 over two international friendlies in as many days. Last Saturday, the Nigerian Under-17 team beat their Botswana counterparts with three first half goals much to
In this report, Temitayo Famutimi examines the opportunities and dangers associated with the use of new media tools for information dissemination With the level of Internet penetration in Nigeria, coupled with the availability of various new media tools, ordinary citizens other than professional journalists now actively engage in information dissemination. Roles hitherto exclusively played by
by crossriverwatch admin The original copy of this article was published in the Sun Newspaper of August 30, 2005 and was also re-published on the website of the Canadian Coalition Against the Death Penalty on Wednesday, August 31, 2005. Here the author, Agba Jalingo abridges the article in light of prevailing realities and parliamentary interventions
by Punch (Dtalkshop hosted a session of the Wetin Lawyers Dey Do… Sef? workshops as part of Social Media Week, which held in Lagos and several other cities across the world, from 18th to 22nd February 2013. The lead lecture at the session was delivered by Mr. Adeniji Kazeem, Principal Partner of Adeniji Kazeem &