Yes this is Nigeria! Where the AK47 Economy is booming and enjoying criminal patronage from the high and mighty. This is Nigeria, where individuals who have enough storage of arms can slice any section of Nigeria where they have numerical strength and colonize it with violence and sabotage, without letting or hindering. Yet, government will
Words are powerful but can be lost when used arbitrarily and out of context. For those given to trifle and populism, it is easy to use certain words out of season in the hope to titillate a tiny segment of their naysayers’ horde. It is pertinent, to begin with the simplest aspect of the word
It’s 170 days already in office and remaining 1,290 days to the end of the first tenure of Governor Prince Otu. For me, I will always say my own. I can make mistakes sometimes like I always do, but I honestly will not go out of my way to just bad mouth anyone. One thing
By Godwin Otang Experts in the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) world have said it is key to effective, transparent, and good governance in Cross River State and Nigeria in general. This was the hallmark of a Twitter space stakeholders engagement on ‘technology and good governance, innovation for transparent and effective governance’ organized by a
By Agency Report Emmanuel Ogbeche, the spokesperson to Governor Bassey Otu of Cross River State, said the new administration inherited a “rundown” state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the spokesperson stated this when he spoke with the members of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Cross River State Council, in Calabar on
By Adeola Ogunlade, The Nation Newspaper A former Senator representing Cross River Southern Senatorial District of Cross River State, Chief Florence Ita-Giwa has called on political leaders to exhibit servant-leadership that is exemplary for today’s youths. Ita-Giwa gave this advice recently at the unveiling of ‘Ini Nnyin Edi Emi’ for the realization of a Governor
In the winding months of 2014 into 2015, governor Imoke acquired the sobriquet, “sleeping governor” for his inability to evacuate the heaps of garbage that had overtaken several streets in Calabar. The entire government machinery was so distracted at the time that all the outcry landed on deaf ears. Election campaigns had started and Jedy
By Archibong Jeremiah A 3-day workshop aimed at boosting journalists and civic activists’ capacity in covering, reporting and working in the Nigerian security sector has ended in Lagos State. The workshop is part of the European Union/Friedrich Ebert Stiftung project, security for all: promoting democratic governance and inclusive security measures through the engagement of civil