It’s on that day you gather the highest number of guests. Both the well-dressed and the poorly dressed. Those who could not assist you before that day will willingly contribute in cash and be kind enough to send you to be alone on that day. Family, a committee of friends, church members, and acquaintances will
At Nigeria’s independence, I wasn’t there but I read that what we had the most was hope and optimism of a new Nation. The overwhelming expectation that we can now march on and meet our homegrown needs after the white man leaves us alone. There were not enough hospitals, there weren’t enough schools, there was
Almost all front line independent mainstream media organizations in the West like CNN, BBC, Al Jazeera, Fox, NYT, Telegraph, Washington Post, AP, Reuters, MSN, RFI are all tagged “Western Media Propaganda” outfits or accused of leaning towards the Republicans or Democrats or Labor or Conservatives or the Lib Dems, by those who find issues with
Thank you Commissioner Amanke for your kind response. I commend you in particular because it has proven difficult, in seven years, for Governor Ben Ayade’s officials to answer to public queries without becoming confrontational, abusive and condescending. You avoided all that in your response and I need to point that out and say, God bless
By Jonathan Ugbal Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Calabar Division of the Federal High Court on Wednesday criticized the Cross River State Government over it’s handling of Citizen Agba Jalingo’s trial. Citizen Jalingo, a journalist and activist is facing trial on alleged terrorism activities over an article he wrote in July 2019 demanding the whereabouts
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Nigerian journalist and activist, Agba Jalingo will take a fresh plea in his terrorism and treasonable felony trial on Wednesday. Mr. Jalingo’s trial which began in 2019 has suffered numerous setbacks and he will be appearing before Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Calabar Division of the Federal High Court – the third
Criticism isn’t such a difficult word to comprehend literary, but it’s meaning is often mentally misunderstood as hatred. Particularly in acquiesced societies like Cross River State where passivity is considered as virtue. While hatred is the very toxic feeling of intense dislike for someone or something, criticism on the other hand is the expression of
As we continue to broaden the conversation around leadership in the age of personalization, it is trite to remember as, Karl Popper, one of the most influential 20th century philosophers of science, once eloquently stated that, “All life is problem-solving.” I’ve often contended that the best leaders are the ones who know how to solve