By CrossRiverWatch admin The Community Relations Officer for Obudu Local Government, Hon. Emmanuel Akwagiobe, has warned the people of the area against indiscriminate and uncontrolled burning of bushes for whatever purpose and more especially during this period of dry, hazy and chilly harmattan winds. He also condemned in its totality the rate of incessant fire
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Monday, February 8th, 2016, the 14 dismissed policemen who allegedly killed late Derek Maurice Ben and five others on the 17th April 2014 at about 2am, will appear before the State Deputy Chief Judge, Justice Mike Edem of the Federal High Court 2, Calabar Division, CrossRiverWatch authoritatively report. There have been accusations
By Our Correspondent The Head of Service of Cross River State, Barrister Ekpenyong Henshaw, has charged workers in the state civil service to reciprocate Governor Ben Ayade’s gesture of prompt payment of salaries through increased productivity and strict compliance with the civil service code. Henshaw who made the charge during a chat with newsmen described
By CrossRiverWatch admin The homes of the immediate past Commissioner representing Cross River State in the board of the Niger Delta Development Authority (NDDC) Paul Adah and former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Venatius Ikem were last night attacked by unknown gunmen who fired shots CrossRiverWatch can authoritatively report. Paul Adah
By CrossRiverWatch admin The performance of the current Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Cross River State Council, Pastor Ndoma Akpet again came under knocks, but this time from the National Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ). Pastor Akpet is the current chairman of NUJ, Cross River State who is seeking re-election for another term
INTRODUCTION Democracy is a government of the people; especially: rule of the majority. Youth make up more than 50% of the total population in Cross River State. From this it is clear that youths form an important demographic in the democratic structure of the state. Can there then be a credible representative democracy in the
By: Solomon Asha/Emmanuel Ulayi The path of destiny and leadership, as it has been known from the time of yore to our own age is normally accompanied with burden and loneliness. Any man or woman with divine destiny to fulfill or is divinely fore-ordained to carry out certain tasks in mortality for the good of
More than a year ago, precisely on January 2nd 2015, in a semi rural community called Oban Town, then Governor Liyel Imoke brought then candidate Ben Ayade as part of his entourage, to grace the Akachak Festival, the annual community carnival organised by the Ejagham East people in Oban Town. Imoke had promised to rank