As politicians in Cross River State begin to jostle against 2023, it is important for everyone to be reminded of what is one of the State’s biggest challenges – It’s debt burden. Going by 2019 records, Cross River State owes more than N230 billion. This debt is divided into external debt of $209million and domestic
1. I saw first, Senator Florence Ita Giwa there. Remember she decamped from PDP to APC three years ago. Spent a few months in APC, fought with Ayade bitterly and even accused Ayade of hatching plans to assassinate her but later decamped back to PDP. Is she returning to APC again with Ayade or it
Cross River State Governor, Sen. Ben Ayade is at crossroads over his political future, due to the crisis in the State chapter of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP). He has been considering defecting to the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) to remain relevant. The Nation Newspaper Correspondent Nsa Gill examines the intrigues, the overtures and
In one of my earlier articles, Labouring under a deadly burden, I wrote about one of Cross River State’s biggest challenges – It’s debt burden. I reflected on the fact that the State’s debt grew by 78% from 2014 to 2019 leaving it with debt of more than N230 billion. Debt is not necessarily a
Most Nigerian leaders play the citizens like a game. How do you explain that a man whose negligence may have caused the under remittances of Operating Surplus at the Nigerian Port Authority (NPA) leading to the current ordeal of madam Hadiza Usman is now the acting Head of the same NPA? How? Hear this: “Mr.
Nseobong Okon-Ekong writes that the predictable gimmick of interim management committees and forensic audit reports deployed by Senator Godswill Akpabio, Minister of Niger Delta Affairs to delay inauguration of the Niger Delta Development Commission Board is about to run its course. Senator Godswill Obot Akpabio, Minister of Niger Delta Affairs is used to having his
Recently, on April 17th, the British royal family laid to rest the remains of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh at a low-key ceremony at St. George’s Chapel, Windsor. The Duke had died peacefully on April 9, at the age of 99. The Duke’s death in the middle of a global pandemic left many including yours
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Residents of Calabar and its environs have been sharing and discussing in low tones, the contents of an audio file shared on a messaging service social media platform, WhatsApp, wherein, a lady claims that due to militants incursion into the city, there will be a curfew of some sorts, hence the need