By Daniel Kanu Senator Bassey Gershom is the leader of the Cross River National Assembly Caucus and Senator representing the Southern Federal Constituency. In this exclusive chat with The Sun Newspaper, the lawmaker who enjoys massive love and popularity among his people speaks on Cross River politics, impeachment threat to President Muhammadu Buhari, security challenges,
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. They will insist they are different, but remember, they made the promises together, they worked together, they failed Nigerians together. NOTE: Opinions expressed in this article
By Terhemba Daka, The Guardian Newspaper Barely two weeks after he defected from the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), the Cross Rivers State Governor, Ben Ayade, Thursday met with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. He was led to the State House by Chief of Staff
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. Again, President Buhari increases the price of petrol, this time to N212. This is at least the 6th time this Government has adjusted the cost of
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. On all counts and indicators, especially those ones he rode into power promising, this President has failed. On the economy, the man has supervised 2 recessions
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Lagos, Nigeria (CNN) – A former presidential candidate and journalist is being held by Nigeria’s security forces despite being twice granted bail, his lawyer told CNN. Omoyele Sowore, is an investigative journalist and founder of the New York-based news site Sahara Reporters, who was arrested in August by the country’s intelligence agency, the
By Efa Sunday and David Nsa The Grand Commander of the Armed Forces and President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari has reiterated his commitment to eradicate violence against children in the year 2030. He made this commitment today in a Presidential Speech read by the Deputy Governor of Cross River State,
By Ushang Ewa The Chairman, Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Sen. Victor Ndoma-Egba has sued for calm from the militant group, the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA). The avengers had threatened to renew their hostilities and bombing of oil installations in the Niger Delta region and Ndoma-Egba in a statement signed by his