For me the mantra of CHANGE is not new. Some believe it passionately and others hate it and me for even the thought. The truth is, like it or hate it, or even hate me, the idea that there is a likelihood of change in the Cross River State political environment is a given. The
The title of this article is a localized or rather indigenized version of Walter Rodney’s classic ‘’how Europe underdeveloped Africa’’ written in the 1972 in an effort to explain Africa’s’ continuous deprivation and the role colonialism, nay the world capitalist system has to play in it. This article draws from Rodney’s knowledge of the concept
It was a sunny afternoon! Calabar sun was having its regular competition with only God knows who. Human and every other living thing seemed to wither under the intense sun. Trust me, it wasn’t a weather to smile at. But I found myself in a cab along Marian by Ekong Ita road. Just when the
Re: Ndoma Egba Sour Grapes: The Limit Of Desperate Political Moves BY NEJI AFOR My attention has been drawn to a piece by one Neji Afor published in an online medium, CrossRiverWatch in which he made very wild allegations in an attempt to cast aspersions on my person and the integrity of the Senate leader,
It is important I clearly state the following to enable the reader understand my objectivity and professional opinion in this commentary. I am not a member of PDP, APC or any other political party. I don’t know or claim to know any of the Congressmen mentioned herein, and do not in the present or in
These are indeed troubling times in the camp of distinguished Senator Victor Ndoma Egba (SAN), the embattled senator whose vaunted ambition is to represent Cross River Central for life. The well choreographed public image of the Senator took a direct hit recently when his hatchet men and surrogates threw caution to the wind by bringing
Not a few Cross Riverians have lamented the apparent lack of activity, almost apathy that is surprisingly becoming the strange signature tune of Cross River state in the run up to the 2015 election. Could it be that we are no longer interested in politics and it’s outcomes? Of course not. No state in Nigeria
by crossriverwatch admin As the twenty fifteen elections draw nearer, there are parameters and neo-parameters being figured out for the choice of representatives at the polls. One noticeable feature of the forth coming polls is the adoption of strategies to ensure that no ethno-geographical entity is marginalized or left out in the power distribution equation.