by crossriverwatch admin Nigerian Senate Leader, Victor Ndoma Egba SAN, senior members of the Nigeria Union of Journalists led by Cross River State Council Vice Chairman Oka Ibor, and Secretary Gill Nsa, Commissioner for Youths and Sports Development, Patrick Ugbe were among the personalities and professional unions that paid their last respect to late Jude
By crossriverwatch admin Media practitioners and friends of the pen profession in Cross River State on Thursday September 17, 2014, (7.00am-9.00am) gathered at the Ernest Etim Bassey’s Center, Calabar in a night of tributes in honor of the late prolific writer and former Calabar correspondent of Thisday Newspaper as well as CrossRiverWatch Reporter, Mr. Jude
by crossriverwatch admin Writing about Jude Okwe’s death at this time is not what I prayed for, but as a Muslim, we believe in “Inalahi Wainalahi Rajiunnah” meaning, “It is from Allah we come and to Him alone we shall all return”. This portion from the Holy Quran is what has been my consolation because
by crossriverwatch admin The Cross River State Commissioner for Information said Thursday in Calabar that the demise of Mr Jude Okwe, the ThisDay newspaper correspondent in Calabar is painful coming at a time when his children are still young and in need of him to take care of their needs. Mr. Ricketts who stated this
by crossriverwatch admin When I started my human rights activism and agitation to end military rule in Calabar in 1992, it was sacrilegious and anathema to speak out against government. But right from the University I had decided that is the path I had to chart. So I was prepared to brave the stress, the
by crossriverwatch admin Cross River veteran journalist and Thisday newspaper correspondent in Calabar Mr. Jude Okwe who has been having a protracted heart disease has finally bowed to the cold hands of death CrossRiverWatch can authoritatively report. CrossRiverWatch gathered that his situation deteriorated early this morning and he was rushed to Goldie hospital where he
by crossriverwatch admin Historically, any candidate anointed by the establishment usually does not win the Cross River State governorship election, writes Jude Okwe “Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts, fear of loss of power,” a political scientist, John Steinbeck once said. Although every political actor is well at home with the dictum that all political