After securing the roundly criticized approval of the Cross River State House of Assembly for the release of N50million by each of the 18 LGAs to the fight against COVID 19, the State Commissioner for Local Government Affairs, Stella Odey, summoned the management team of all the LGAs to a meeting in her office on
1. The first pronouncement of employment made by Governor Ayade after taking office was the approval for the Cross River State Universal Basic Education Board, SUBEB, to recruit 1000 teachers. They were recruited, worked for over a year without pay and later sacked. 2. In 2016, Governor Ayade also approved recruitment into the Cross River
An Efik native and crane operator, Victor Bassey Ackwonu has written the Archbishop of the Methodist Archdiocese of Calabar, Most Reverend Emmanuel Udofia over comments alleged to have been made by the latter in March 2020. According to the letter sighted by CrossRiverWatch, Ackwonu claimed that the clergyman made derogatory statements which he considered as
MY SINCERE RECOMMENDATION TO FILL IN THE VACUUM OFFICE OF THE SENATE @NASS, FOR CROSS RIVER NORTHERN SENATORIAL DISTRICT. HON. OGANA LUKPATA is the right man for the office. My recommendation is predicated on our popular demand and yearnings for CREDIBILITY, COMPETENCE AND CAPABILITY of anyone interested or being considered for any elective position cum
Sequel to my last article published on the 2nd day of April, 2020 titled: AYADE; A GOVERNOR IN DISARRAY”. It feels good to know how much conversation it has generated. As we continue to mourn the demise of the distinguished Senator Rose Oko, we pray her soul rests in the bosom of the Lord (Amen).
Albert Camus once said, “Pestilence is so common, there have been as many plagues in the world as there have been wars, yet plagues and wars always find people equally unprepared. When war breaks out people say: It won’t last, it’s too stupid.” Looking at the recent statistics, the COVID-19 pandemic continues to expand. As
1. As with social distancing, you can NEVER get everyone to comply with the use of face mask. And there are clear exemptions — children under 2 years, people with respiratory illness (non COVID19) with certain levels of breathing difficulties, people with certain chronic illness that leaves them desaturated (natural shortness of breath), asthmatics, people
As far as I’m concerned, Barrister Okoi Obono-Obla’s ordeal has more to to with persecution by vindictive powerful forces than anything else. What he is going through has little to do with corruption and more to do with vendetta. He has been detained for several weeks without trial and this is subsequent to being given