By CrossRiverwatch Admin The Cross River state House of Assembly has been repeatedly referred to as a ‘rubber stamp’ of the Executive arm in Cross River State, by many stakeholders. The reason is not far fetched; they rarely have the spine to question decisions of the executive arm. However, some members of the 9th Assembly
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The African Action Congress AAC in Cross River state is dismayed by reports of ongoing communal crises in Cross River state and the mindless absence of the “Father of the State”, Governor Ben Ayade, who is reported by the media to be away in Europe. Yesterday, the entire local and national media
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Nation newspaper is reporting that at least two persons are feared dead in renewed hostilities between Usumutong and Ebom communities in Abi local government area in central Cross River State. The village head of Ebom, Chief Sunday Obite, today Sunday alleged that a father and son were killed and beheaded by
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), has donated relief materials worth millions of Naira to victims of communal crisis in Abi local government area of the state. The agency donated the materials following the communal conflict that erupted between Usumutong, Ediba and Afafanyi communities in Abi local government area on January 2,
1. PROLOGUE Traditionally, the latin phrase, “Ave, Imperator, Nos Morituri Te Salutamus” was used by the gladiators to address the Emperor before a gladiatorial match. It is now universally used in appealing for a remedial action in any human situation or endeavour. It is so today, that we find ourselves in a unique situation. The
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Cross River state governor, Senator Ben Ayade says his administration chose to establish the Teachers Continuous Training College (TCTC), Biase currently under construction so as to revolutionize the teaching profession in Nigeria. The college, according to Ayade will commence academic activities in September and commended contractors handling the project for a job
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Vice Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Central Senatorial District of Cross River State, Hon Cletus Obun, has accused the State House of Assembly of being a rubber-stamp to the Governor Ben Ayade government. Speaking to newsmen in Calabar, while reacting on the N5billion loan approved by the House
For a mass population of the Obudu, people, with unarguably the most politically sophisticated elite class in Cross River State, the Ayade governorship has presented them with an incomprehensible paradox. While his emergence as the first democratically elected governor of northern Cross River State extraction has enhanced their claim to being the drivers of Northern