This is a column by Ken Henshaw, Executive Director of We The People. WITTY THOUGHT is a brisk review of situations in Nigeria with intent to revive social consciousness. President Buhari said he doesn’t want to end his administration as a failure. But I think it is too late for this. President Buhari has less
It is no longer news that the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has been on Strike for about sixteen days now and counting, with its attendant/devastating effect on the healthcare needs of the citizenry and common man evident across the length and breadth of the Nation. This decision to withdraw services from all the
By Sylvia Felix And Virtuous Osang Reflecting on the just celebrated International Youth Day, 2021, youths in Cross River State have been urged to develop themselves and refuse to be neglected. These were the central message by the Chairman of the National Youths Council of Nigeria (NYCN), Cross River State chapter, Dan Obo; legal practitioner,
By Vanguard News Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike of Rivers State has urged the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to challenge the defection of Governor David Umahi (Ebonyi) and Governor Ben Ayade (Cross River) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Wike also enjoined the PDP to challenge the defection of former PDP members in National Assembly and
By Archibong Jeremiah The Senator-elect of Cross River State Northern Senatorial District, Jarigbe Agom has pledged to represent the people of the North devoid of party lines. Jarigbe in a thank you message after the Appeal Court reaffirmed his victory by dismissing Sen. Stephen Odey’s application. His words: “The tussle for the Senate seat has come
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Senator Stephen Odey has lost another bid to reclaim his seat as the lawmaker representing Cross River Northern Senatorial District in the National Assembly. He suffered his second loss on Saturday when the Court of Appeal in Abuja dismissed his application, asking the Court to review its earlier judgement which declared Jarigbe
By Jonathan Ugbal The Senator representing Cross River South district in the National Assembly, Gershom Bassey is currently the best performing federal lawmaker from Cross River State with 19 bills to his name in the midterm performance report published by civil society organisation, OrderPaper. The organisation measures performance based on number of bills passed. Mr.
By Jeremiah Archibong Local government legislators from the 18 Local Government Areas of the State have called on the Cross River State government to halt the deductions in their salaries in order to improve on their financial status. This was part of the resolutions reached at a meeting of the councilors on Tuesday in Calabar