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
by crossriverwatch admin With barely six months to the Governorship elections in Cross River state, we are faced with some of the greatest puzzles in our states’ political history. Too many questions with little or no answers. We are faced with different types of aspirants ranging from those who claim they are anointed, to those
by crossriverwatch admin Cross Riverians have condemned the frenzied and desperate antics of Imoke against the aspirations of Jedy-Agba. This is coming on the heels of the declaration of the State PDP chairman, Ntufam John Okon denouncing Jedy-Agba as a non party member. A couple of weeks ago, It was alleged that the PDP membership
by crossriverwatch admin A Christian preacher who talks of hellfire and of how Satan inhabits children and turns them into witches. Tracy McVeigh has seen the results of the kind of beliefs that Helen Ukpabio preaches and thinks the pastor should be deported. Helen Ukpabio runs an evangelical Christian organisation in West Africa called the