Over time I have followed keenly to see how the Nigerian Police and government of Cross River State will handle the case of extra judicial killing of Derek Maurice Ben alongside 5 others between 16th and 17th April 2014 by a group of 14 policemen attached to the Special Anti Robbery Squad, SARS Police Headquarters
After the tumultuous rally unequalled in the history of Cross River state politics held on Thursday, at the reception of Goddy Jedy Agba, the regime lacking in any ideas of a legitimate political response could only do what it has done: cut off its nose to spite its’ face! It sounds theatrical and comical. Without
The conduct of the PDP congresses last Saturday to elect three delegates from the electoral wards in the state is a pointer to the wicked plans of some of our political leaders to consign known political crowd pullers to the background. It shows that Cross River State political opportunists harbor sinister schemes to explode the
It was a pathetic state that needed a saviour.. It was a black hole that needed to be washed and allowed to sparkle… She wasn’t a NIGERIA yet, just a young maiden with a lot of dreams, ambitions and potentials that laid helplessly in the hands of lords. She was crowded with people who traded
The title of this article is a localized or rather indigenized version of Walter Rodney’s classic ‘’how Europe underdeveloped Africa’’ written in the 1972 in an effort to explain Africa’s’ continuous deprivation and the role colonialism, nay the world capitalist system has to play in it. This article draws from Rodney’s knowledge of the concept
By Josephine Igbinovia-Agbonkhese Everything works like Harry Potter’s spell when crowns rest on the heads of the likes of passionate, gorgeous and cheerful Nancy-Olive Aisagbonhi. Nancy-Olive is the reigning Queen of Cross River State’s annual Calabar Carnival Pageant. Fuelled by an untainted ambition to be remembered as the queen who turned around the lives of
The central senatorial district of Cross River State is set to deliver one of the most telling political lessons in our contemporary politics if the feelers emanating from this district are anything to go by. The seismic shock waves they form will reverberate across the nation and on the positive note would help in reshaping
by crossriverwatch admin Growing up in Ogoja northern Cross River state is an experience, to say the least. It’s weird to say that I am neither pleased nor displeased with the way our diverse politics is heading, because the meaning of the word “weird” is hard to nail down. I am obviously female; I haven’t