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
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Looking at the entire stretch of our state Cross River, and the preponderance of communal crises and gangsterism, I will continue to argue that, rather than romanticizing that doubtful status as the most peaceful state in Nigeria, we should now face these crises, map them and try to find sustainable ways of
By CrossRiverWatch Admin It is extremely sad to hear of the evil tales of cult activities and the product of these activities. It is even more heartbreaking to hear this happen in my wonderful home of Umor Otutu. I have been a proud citizen, all my life, of the wonderful scenery and hospitality of the
Your Excellency, It has become pertinent to speak out. I was told, evil prevail when good people sit back and do nothing (or say nothing) about it. I am talking about Calabar, yes, our Calabar and indeed Cross River State. Sir, since you took over as governor, it has become ‘too bloody’ for us. It
Going by recent developments in our dear land, Ukelle Nation, it is quite easy to develop any impression about the people. While some may be scintillating, others may be colored with some skirmishes of negativity. But, whichever way one impresses oneself about Ukelle Nation, the people’s identity wouldn’t change from the wonderful and awesome people