By Aplefe Ojong The Deputy Governor of Cross River State, Barrister Efiok Cobham, has said that journalists in Nigeria do not have what it takes to earn public trust and sympathy. Cobham who made his position known during the Endowment Fund Launch of the Cross River State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ),
“Leaders will always do wrong, unless they are constraint to do otherwise.” I first heard the above quotation from my mentor. The quotation summarizes the essence and necessity for a strong opposition in every democratic setting, it brings to fore the basic and most widely seen, and experienced characteristics of the ruling power and gives
While I am a diehard supporter of our Governor, Senator Liyel Imoke, just like I will not stand a ridicule on him, so will I not stand a ridicule on Victor Ndoma Egba. We have brains let us use them, we have conscience let us apply same. How can we judge with fairness when we
By Sylvia Etta The Cross River State First Lady, Mrs. Obioma Liyel Imoke has expressed her gratitude to God for the successful declaration for a second term by President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday in Abuja. Mrs. Imoke made the remark on her facebook timeline where she canvassed for support for the President who she described as
By Our Correspondent The scheduled opening of campaign office for the formal commencement of state wide activities by one of the top five governorship aspirants who emerged from the PDP caucus screening in Cross River, Mr. Fidelis Ugbo has been postponed. A statement from the Ugbo campaign group say the event which was scheduled for
By Archibong Jeremiah A crowd of youths under the auspices of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP Youth Movement for Jonathan, Cross River State chapter today 12th November, 2014 took to the streets of Calabar and barricaded the state PDP secretariat calling for the immediate sack of the state PDP chairman, Ntufam John Okon and his
By crossriverwatch admin The Cross River State Youth Leader of the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Nathaniel Effiom Otu has decried the rising poverty rate in the state. Comrade Otu, while addressing a delegation of APC youths from across the state who paid him a solidarity visit in Calabar, during the week observed that
By Our Correspondent Prince Goddy Jedy-Agba, who until his voluntary retirement in July this year, was the Group General Manager, Crude Oil Marketing GGM, COMD at the NNPC, is the highest employer of labor in Cross River State outside government via his Agro-based consortium – Godilogo Farms. In this interview with select journalists, Agba, one