By CrossRiverWatch admin Recently Senator Benedict Ayade marked 100 days of his administration in office. The governor used the occasion to reiterate the commitment of the government to actualize the Signature projects of his administration which include Cross River State Deep Sea Port and the Superhighway which will serve as the evacuation route for the
Quite interesting to see and read reactions from members of the public regarding 2 of the 9 Bills passed into Law by the 8th Assembly of the Cross River State House of Assembly. The 2 Laws are: The Cross River State Kidnapping (Prohibition) Law and Cross River State Waterfront Infrastructure Management and Development Law. While
In the past three months Governor Ayade’s Media Aides have maintained a reputation for delivering disappointing results that have rendered the governor dangerously vulnerable to irreparable reputation damages. These media aides and their coterie of sycophants have been rendered pliant and obedient to one line of command, ready to unleash vitriol on anyone seeking to
With the election of Professor Zana Akpagu, as the new Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar, and with the termination of the Professor Epoke administration as the 9th Vice Chancellor of the institution on the 30th of November 2015, it is pertinent to have a second look at the administration of the exiting ebullient
Our Position BY GLOBAL SHAPERS COMMUNITY CALABAR THE ISSUE A high proportion, about 66% of families in Cross River State do not have necessary immovable assets (Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey, 2013) that are crucial to improving their quality of life. People work hard to earn the financial capacity to own homes, businesses and land
The recent law prescribing death penalty for perpetrators of kidnapping in Cross River emerged as a dominant, mainstream thriller that shocked the conscience of society. While I condemn kidnapping in its entirety, I would argue however that the new law is not human rights compliant especially when mirrored against the nature of crime and its
This is the concluding part of a two part treatise started last week. BEING TEXT OF SPEECH DELIVERED AT THE CROSSRIVERWATCH 3RD ANNIVERSARY LECTURE ON THE THEME “REALITY OF A NON-OIL ECONOMY IN CROSS RIVER STATE; PROSPECTS AND CHALLENGES” PART 2 Beyond the effort to develop the different sectors of the state economy to serve
A few days ago, precisely on September 1, Okoi Obono Obla was on air, this time on Channels Television, where his outing on the station’s breakfast show, Sunrise Daily, offered a glum study in self-contradiction. If his aim on that fateful morning was to offer further explanations to those who have wrongly or otherwise accused