By Sylvia Akpan, Government House Correspondent Cross River State Governor, Senator Bassey Otu has paid tribute to his predecessor, Senator Liyel Imoke on the occasion of his 64th birthday, describing him as “a statesman of uncommon grace” whose life and leadership continue to inspire generations. In a heartfelt congratulatory message released in Calabar by His
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Governor of Cross River State, Senator Bassey Otu has signed three significant laws aimed at improving infrastructure, regulating the gaming industry, and enhancing social welfare across state. The newly assented laws include the Cross River State Road Maintenance Agency (Amendment) Law 2025; the Cross River State Lotteries and Gaming Agency Law
the real qualm is the continued preference of our elites for politics far and above governance. The insatiable desire of people who have held several political positions and failed to help Cross River North progress, continuing to scramble for power, merely to oil their financial sinews.
By Mary Bassey, House of Assembly Correspondent Speaker of the Cross River State House of Assembly Speaker, Rt. Hon. Elvert Ayambem in the 2025 Student Legislative Summit, has emphasized the crucial role of the students’ legislature in shaping campus policies and driving advocacy for student welfare and academic progress. Speaking in an event held at
The government is essentially saddled with the responsibility of fixing things. The task of bringing closure to teething issues. The onus of finding permanent solutions to problems. The burden of developing our communities and the duty of securing the citizens. It is charities and not-for-profit organizations, as well as philanthropy, that support the government with
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