My little girl is now a big girl. A former staff who passed through CrossRiverWatch. She is getting married and I am excited. Like a couple of others who have taken that bold step, they always expect me to say something. And the thing is, what is really there to say? There is no perfect
For the past 25 years, I’ve been unfairly moving from one court to another in Nigeria in criminal trials for crimes I never committed. Not once have I been convicted of any crime and not once have I run away from my trial. I doubt if I even have any record of missing a court
I came out to contest the first senior election under UNCP, to represent the Southern Senatorial District, under the chairmanship of Ntufam Joe Ndem Ndifon. I contested with Sen Bassey Ewa Henshaw and won as a candidate of the Party, then contested with an opponent, my senior sister, Mma Florence Giwa, and also won, the
The Federal Government has unleashed untold hardship on the masses of Nigeria through the unprecedented scarcity of the Naira, fuel scarcity, and skyrocketing rise in fuel prices. Fuel and currency scarcity is inexplicable and unacceptable. The Federal Government has shirked its obligation to guarantee the security and welfare of the Nigerian people as provided under
I wake up every morning afraid that one day, I will be asked to renounce everything that makes me an African, or I won’t be allowed to live. By living, I mean, I won’t be allowed on a plane, I won’t be allowed in a mall, I won’t be allowed in a school, I won’t
There came a time in the Cross River State Political ecosystem particularly in the northern prairie when there was a need to go outside the usual dogs, moose, pronghorns, and other known biotic features. There was the need to test a rookie. More so, like an elk, he has branches of certificates in his head.
How a violent conflict in the resource-rich Niger Delta has wrought ecological and economic devastation for a generation. Listen to this story Play 00:00:0001:12:34 As the three women from Otuabagi tell it, the Niger Delta’s woes began with a simple yet consequential misunderstanding. The European engineers came to the village in 1956, four years before
All the marriage haters on my timeline have gathered in my inbox and they are trolling me. They are advising me back and forth. They have even created a messenger group and added me so they can nurture me. I am not fighting with anyone. I just don’t want you people to enjoy the party