I met Princewill Odidi on Facebook in 2014. Our interaction developed from a strong emotional affinity created by our intellectual passions for similar questions. Odidi is a brilliant scholar and professional who writes intelligently and shares regularly, ideas that I find very insightful. That I am compelled to read, re-read, and respond to his article
By Archibong Jeremiah The Cross River State House of Assembly (CRSHA) has constituted a five man committee saddled with the responsibility of ensuring that relevant Ministries, Department and Agencies (MDA’s) statutorily responsible for keeping roads safe in the state to swing into action and clear petroleum tankers parking along major roads in the state capital.
By Our Government House Correspondent The Senior Special Assistant on Media and Chief Press Secretary to Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State, Mr. Christian Ita, has debunked reports trending in the social media that Calabar, the state capital had allegedly come under military bombardment. Ita described the report as unfounded and untrue, adding that
By Our Correspondent With barely a few weeks to the flag off of the proposed dual carriage super highway linking Calabar-Ikom-Ogoja-Obudu Local Government Areas, elders from the three senatorial zones have expressed excitement over the multiple billion naira road infrastructure. Lauding Governor Ben Ayade for what he described as his courage and vision, Governing Council
Most times when I visit Nigeria my relatives run around to prepare local delicacies on the assumption that living in America we miss out of these delicacies. They believe we only eat the White man’s food. This is far from the truth, as virtually everything you have in a local market in Calabar is also
By Our Correspondent The Speaker of the Cross River State House of Assembly, Hon. John Gaul Lebo has produced a proposed legislative direction for the 8th Assembly, with a pledge to partner with the executive arm of government led by Governor Ben Ayade to transform the economy of the state and improve the lot of
By Jonathan Ugbal; Government House Correspondent The fourth estate of the realm like many other disciplines and professions has had its share of ethical challenges with calls from several fora urging journalists to always live above board. The Chairman, of the Association of Cross River Online Journalists, ACROJ, Mr. Iwara Iwara, recently stressed the need
By Jonathan Ugbal; Government House Correspondent Despite the directive given by the state government for refuse evacuation in Calabar to be carried out between the hours of 11pm and 6am, contractors have continuously disobeyed this with the most recent disruption of traffic for over thirty minutes yesterday. The refuse evacuation truck belonging to “Paconsu Environmental