By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Nigerian minister of information, culture and tourism, Alhaji Lai Mohammed said recently while flagging off the 3rd Carnival Calabar dry run in Calabar the Cross River State capital: “I also want to take this opportunity to appeal to the world to see this street party beyond dancing and beyond the costumes.
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Bakor Nation is today largely misunderstood and appropriated to identify and typify the Ejagham sub-groups of Ikom Local Government Area Constituency II communities and clans, as well as all of Ogoja Local Government Area’s communities and clans besides the Mbube grouping. However, some three to four decades ago or so, the
By CrossRiverWatch Admin You say it… “Our rice and other agricultural produce if properly utilized will boost our economy; we need to encourage the farmers in the rural areas in particular to commercialize their farm produce and encourage more access roads which agriculture will hardly thrive without. “We need to empower our people to utilize
By CrossRiverWatch Admin I used the word cultism only for the caption. They are gangstas and that is how I will call them throughout. Elsewhere, the Italian government is mopping up members of two Nigerian criminal gangs, the Vikings and their rival Black Axe confraternity, operating drug and prostitution rings in the Sicilian capital, Palermo.
Being an open letter to the Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Professor Yemi Osibanjo. Dear Mr. Vice President, I commend the good work of your administration since assumption of office. Your passion to revive our economy is without a doubt especially with your various initiatives like the N-Power, SME and Enterprise development
By CrossRiverWatch Admin INTRODUCTION: On 27th May, 2017 as part of activities marking the 50th anniversary celebration of the creation of Cross River State his Excellency, Sen. Prof. Ben Ayade gave executive assent to a number of Bills passed by the State Assembly and including the Administration of Criminal Justice Bill, 2016 (now Administration of
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The signing of the Bakassi deep Seaport transaction advisory service contract with Feedback infrastructure service marks a major milestone in the strategic action towards the realization of the vision for the construction of one of the signature projects of the Sen. Prof. Ben Ayade Administration of Cross River State, Nigeria. In the
By CrossRiverWatch Admin As preparations gets high for the conduct of local government elections in the state by the Cross River State Independent Electoral Commission (CROSIEC) I implore young Cross Riverians who sincerely desire to effect and see genuine change in the state to go back to the grassroot and begin genuine campaigns. The place