If I used to give you fish 25 years ago, with the passage of time and application of sense, I should improve to giving you sardines or geisha or grilled fish. That means I have added value to the fish I used to give you 25 years ago. We used to have yellow taxis, but
For those who have reached out to me to ask questions about speculations that four oil wells are to start drilling in Cross River State within weeks, this is what I know. In August 2023, the Press was informed that over 30 oil wells capped about 65 years ago by Shell Petroleum in Mbiabo Ikot
Dear Lord, I ask not for more light but for eyes to see the light that already exists. I ask not for sweeter songs but for ears to hear the present melodies. I ask not for more love but for skill to turn anger into tenderness. I ask for no more joy but for how
Today is not your birth anniversary, but I choose to use this day to celebrate what, who you’re and meant to me. You berthed CrossRiverWatch and gave many of us the opportunity to expand our horizons in the online media. You gave me the platform to build myself and the opportunity for further training. In
“Agba Jalingo, I am your ardent follower. I followed you on recommendations from very respectable people who spoke very well of you. But I have noticed that you are promoting paganism and satanic religions on your page too much and I am considering un-following you please!” This is a message I received from a young
This life remains a mystery and no one can lay claim to knowing all, except God. But every culture has developed an acceptable method of societal organization that suits their nuances and attempts to settle their incongruities. Where I come from, in Obudu, “uñwå ushîé”, meaning (a child from the mother’s village), can never be
More than 2000 years after Jesus of Nazareth was crucified, a Kenyan lawyer went to court in 2013, to seek justice for the man from Nazareth. Dola Indidis, a lawyer and former spokesman of the Kenyan Judiciary is suing Tiberius, who was emperor of Rome from 42 BCE-37 CE, Pontius Pilate, a selection of Jewish
When the house has people, we crave privacy but when the house is empty, we desire company. When food is cold, we request that it should be heated and when it is served, we fan it to cool. We celebrate the dead. We even borrow to contribute to their ‘befitting’ burials and travel distances to