Every time you are able to expose evil, whether in your family or in your street, or in your community, you reduce the potential of that evil to cause further evil. Evil thrives when we talk about it in hush tones. When we continue to fear it. When we fail to challenge it and find
By Patrick Obia Cross River State Political Network (CRISPON) has endorsed the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the 2023 general elections in the state, Sen. Bassey Otu. CRISPON, a non-governmental social-political organization that has been in existence for eleven years in the state made the endorsement in the inauguration of team coordinators
By Archibong Jeremiah The eighteen Local Governments in Cross River State have been indicted for unprofessional accounts and record keeping. They are Bakassi, Akpabuyo, Calabar South, Calabar Municipality, Odukpani, Akamkpa, Biase, Yakurr, Abi, Obubra, Ikom, Ogoja, Etung, Boki, Yala, Bekwarra, Obudu, and Obanliku. The State Auditor-General for Local Government, Mrs. Franka Inok in her annual
By Mary Bassey Two non-governmental organizations at the forefront of human rights defense, Project Alert and Basic Rights Counsel Initiative (BRCI) have continued their advocacy visit, calling for synergy with the Nigerian Police Force. This was the high point in an advocacy visit by the NGOs to the Cross River State Commissioner of Police, CP
By Sylvia Akpan Atycare Initiative, a non-profit making organization, has marked its 4th anniversary in Calabar, Cross River State. The organization which started four years ago has reached out to over four thousand six hundred (4,600) people, especially children of less privilege in public schools across the state. Atim Eso, the Executive Director of Atycare
Manoj Jagtiani, the Chief Executive Officer of Indigo Bar Restaurant & Suites is not new to many Nigerians in government circles. They know what he is doing in Nigeria and they have reasons for associating with him. Governor Ayade is now parading him as someone who wants to build Hotel Indigo, a five-star facility with
Jonathan Ugbal Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade’s directive to lock out civil servants who arrive work after 8:00AM is hurting victims of sexual, gender based and domestic violence who are seeking justice, reports reaching CrossRiverWatch say. The Governor on Wednesday, repeated actions from his 2017 when he locked out the Secretary to the State
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Cross River State Governor, Sen. Ben Ayade on Wednesday described the State as an investors’ haven saying private sector participation was key to its economic growth, and pledged his government’s continuous efforts at attracting investors to the state. Ayade speaking at the groundbreaking ceremony of Indigo Hotel, a Five-Star hospitality facility, along