By CrossRiverWatch Admin When a leader endears himself to his people, followership comes naturally. Cross River State Governor, Professor Ben Ayade commands enormous followership in the state not because he holds the people spell bound with his flowery oratory but because he has dutifully fulfiled his own part of the social contract he signed with
Introduction Malaria is an acute and chronic disease caused by obligate intercellular protozoa of the genus plasmodium. Malaria has also been one of the world’s killer diseases throughout human history. Despite attempt to eradicate it, it remains one of the deadliest diseases globally. Discovered in 1886 by Laveram, a military physician who was working in
By CrossRiverWatch Admin One by one, visitors from foreign lands are pouring into town to see the quiet revolution that is unveiling in Cross River State. One by one, they have left the state, bearing tales of wonder, punctuated by accolades, hyphenated by amazement and crowned with garlands. Tales that tell the story of Ben
By CrossRiverWatch Admin When politicians are scared of going to the field to battle for victory, they start fabricating stories of who is supporting who. You hear them saying “his body language suggests he is supporting so so so and so person.” What is body language? How can a decision as important as leadership be
By CrossRiverWatch Admin When I relocated my law practice from Ogoja to Calabar in the early 1980,s, then I was with the enigmatic Kanu Agabi,now Senator, Senior Advocate of Nigeria, former Attorney General of the Federation and Minister for Justice, ex this ex that, Calabar was long established as a City of history, learning and
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Someone copied this message to my daughter: “Ray Ekpu made a confession that startled everybody present. He pointedly said the media would never support PMB’s regime because all media houses that collected huge sums of public funds from Jonathan’s regime were compelled to refund what was given to them by PMB. “He
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Nobody ever lies, everyone tells the truth; it is only unfortunate that if it is not your own version of the truth or theirs, it is a lie. I cannot say I have come a long way in journalism, but, I have seen a lot that intimidations in whatever form are like
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Governor of Cross River State, Senator Ben Ayade, last Friday, April 6, 2018 returne to the state after about three weeks investment tour of the Asian nations of China and India with the sole aim of attracting investments, technical knowhow and capacity empowerment and training to Cross River for the benefit