This is a column by Ken Henshaw, Executive Director of We The People. WITTY THOUGHT is a brisk review of situations in Nigeria with intent to revive social consciousness. That there is even a consideration for Goodluck Jonathan to return as Nigeria’s President indicates this country is a bad joke. Sometimes I wonder, why even
By Maxwell Effiong Another group, Southern Solidarity Front has joined the train of those seeking for continuation of the zoning formula in Cross River State politics. The group led by the State Commissioner of Solid Minerals, Hon. George O’Ben Etchi posited in a press conference yesterday in Calabar, the capital of Cross River State that
The Supreme Court made no consequential order, so Stephen Odey is still the Senator. By consequential order you mean the Supreme Court needed to make a pronouncement like Stephen Odey is no longer the Senator or Jarigbe Agom should be sworn in or something like that. Ok. So, since the Supreme Court didn’t say anything
By Archibong Jeremiah Sikiru Akande, Cross River State Commissioner of Police has confirmed to journalists that 5 suspects are cooling their feet in custody in connection with the killing of four Police officers in the early hours of Thursday along with MCC-Idungdung road, Etab Ayip axis, Calabar Municipality Local Government Area. According to Vanguard Newspaper he
By CrossRiverWatch Admin An appointee of Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State, Mr. Freeman Godwin has threatened to commit suicide over non payment of salary after his appointment. Freeman, whose designation is not known as at time of this report is heard in a video made available by Phylo Modlin, screaming “When it is
By Eniola Akinkuotu, Punch Newspaper The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been thrown into panic following an attempt by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to bring in Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State, Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State and his Cross River State counterpart, Governor Ben Ayade, The Punch Newspaper has
By CrossRiverWatch Admin CrossRiverWatch has confirmed that one person has died after a building collapsed at the Ayade Industrial Park in Calabar earlier today, Monday. It was not immediately clear what caused the collapse of the building which is next to the Cross River Rice Seeds and Seedlings Factory (Rice City) along the Goodluck Jonathan
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The last time Ibil, a community in Nkum – Irede Ward, west of Ogoja Local Government Area, was in the news was about three years ago. June 16, 2018 precisely, residents of Ibil, woke up to the pernicious angst of nature in a magnitude they had never experienced in their living memory.