A cleric once said that “If elections were to be held every year, Cross River state and Nigeria at large would have developed at a faster pace and the people enjoying the dividends of democracy”. This statement echoed in my mind recently when I saw a sticker on a vehicle bearing the logo of a
By Okwo Kerry The Director General, Cross River State Electrification Agency, CRS-SEA, Mrs. Rosemary Atsu-Arop, Esq. has said that about 185 communities in the state have been conveniently hooked up to power supply from the national grid. Mrs. Atsu-Arop who revealed this while briefing journalists in her office recently added that, “The ones left are
By Archibong Jeremiah The Chairman of Akamkpa Local Government Area, Cross River State, Itotup Joseph Asuquo has commended members of the National Youth Council of Nigeria, NYCN Akamkpa wing. The Chairman who gave the commendation during the inauguration ceremony of Akamkpa Youth Caucus, a sub think thank group of the NYCN, said the youth council
Law is the unseen chord that holds human society together, ensuring sanity and orderly behavior. Without an effective and proper administration of justice in society people are constrained to resort to violent self help and anarchy is inevitable; society eventually degenerates to the Stone Age days of Thomas Hobbes where life is brutish, nasty and
By Ovatomi Ibingha A Calabar based legal practitioner, Barrister James Iwara Ofem has dragged the Judicial Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) to the Federal High Court, Calabar over the prolonged strike by members of the union which has seen the courts remain shut for months. The strike which the union say is to ensure the
By NAN The Acting Inspector-General of Police, Mr Solomon Arase, has directed Police Commissioners in Benue, Cross River and Akwa Ibom states to arrest and prosecute any youth involved in cultism. Arase, who gave the order on Tuesday in a statement by the force spokesman, Mr Emmanuel Ojukwu, expressed concern about cult group activities in
By CrossRiverWatch admin The Cross River State governor elect, Senator Ben Ayade has appealed to lecturers of the Cross River University of Technology, CRUTECH, to do him a favor as their colleague and reopen the institution so that they can give him the opportunity to return to the negotiation table with them. Ayade who spoke
Re: Our Stake In Bakassi My very dear ex-Governor Duke, It has taken me a long time and a number of sleepless nights to finally decide I should communicate with you and hope you would share with us what you know about what happened in Bakassi. I hope you do not mind the timing, and