By Ushang Ewa The campaign to rescue and repair Court 2 of the Ogoja magisterial division says two lawmakers have pledged NGN1.75 million for the repair of a Magistrate Court in Ogoja, northern Cross River that was allocated by the State to a lawmaker to build his personal house. “Federal lawmaker, Jarigbe Agom and State
By Patrick Obia All is set for the launch of a book, ‘Beyond The Broken Chains’, a revolutionary compendium covering 533 days of the arrest and incarceration of an unflinching prisoner of conscience; Omoyele Sowore. The book authored by Frederick Omoyoma Odorige, is an audacious mirroring the Nigerian State in 356 pages; 92 chapters and
This message in the video from Governor Ayade resonates with me very loudly. It echoes my thoughts and repeats exactly what I have been saying persistently to the irritation of some persons who erroneous assume I am against certificates. There is nothing anyone ever did with a certificate. Ok, let me say it differently, no
By Jonathan Ugbal Agba Jalingo, the Nigerian Journalist facing trial for alleged acts of treason and terrorism over an opinion article he wrote in July 2019 will on Thursday speak on prison reforms at the F-18 Day summit of the National Association of Seadogs (NAS) in the country’s port city of PortHarcourt. Mr. Jalingo spent
On February 8, 2021, the Honourable Justice Akon Bassey Ikpeme, was sworn in as the substantive Chief Judge of Cross River State, in a colourful ceremony that was attended and watched live by many. It has been a tortuous journey, for My Lord in particular. How did it happen? On March 3, 2020, Governor Ben
By Ushang Ewa A High Court of Cross River State sitting in Calabar and presided over by Justice Maurice Eneji has adjourned a libel case against an online Newspaper, CrossRiverWatch and journalist, Agba Jalingo until March 21, 2021 for hearing after the witness to the Cross River Microfinance Bank limited which is the claimant in
‘Is death the last sleep? No, it is the last and final awakening.’ …Sir Walter Scott Gentle yet rock solid, your actions, Feeble yet firmly rooted, your strides. Today? Memories for lovers Yesterday? Thoughts for brothers Tomorrow? Nostalgia for others Presently? Damn! scream thy co-workers. Mien? Yours, Brother man, it left wonders Hard? For motherland,
It is only you that I have been thinking about since Monday. You know yourself. For me, Governor Ayade is history now, even with 866 days to go. For you that is dreaming of taking over from Ayade, if you just want to be Governor for being Governor sake, without any solutions to our teething