By Sylvia Akpan, Government House Correspondent The Executive Governor of Cross River State, Senator Bassey Otu says his government will train two (2,000) thousand youths in the State in Information Communication Technology (ICT). He said this while receiving the Grand Patron award presented to him by the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN), Cross River
By Sylvia Akpan, Government House Correspondent The Cross River State Government has released the official social media handles of the governor, Sen. Bassey Otu. The announcement was contained in a release by the Governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Emmanuel Ogbeche. He said it became necessary in the face of several unauthorized social media handles by
With the advent of social media, marginalized and vulnerable groups all over the world found a major and veritable channel for rediscovering their voices. From dispossessed aboriginals and indigenous peoples to LGBTQ groups to gender identity groups to racial identity groups to other persons discriminated against based on age, physical disability, language, immigration status, or
By Jonathan Ugbal Dr. Linda Ayade, the wife of the Governor of Cross River State has alerted the public over the use of fake social media accounts to deceive the public using her name. Mrs. Ayade took to Facebook to express her displeasure on Thursday morning where she shared a screen grab of a Facebook
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Speaker of the Cross River State House of Assembly, Honorable John Lebo (PDP Abi) has for the second time in 20 months claimed that owning a website is becoming an “outdated” trend in information dissemination. Mr. Lebo stated this during an exclusive interview with CrossRiverWatch’s Margaret John and Efa Sunday on
By Luqman Openiyi Contrary to the expectation of most attendees at the 2017 Nigeria Technology Awards Night, that UNILAG was favorite to clinch the social media category, UNICAL rather emerged the surprise winner. The event which held at the MUSON Center, Onikan Lagos, Saturday 25th November 2017, saw a stunned audience in rapturous applause when
By Archibong Jeremiah The Cross River Government has announced plans to hold a Media Literacy Education symposium for youths in the state with focus on social media management. The symposium will be organized in collaboration with the Association of Cross River Online Journalists (ACROJ) said the Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Mrs. Rosemary Archibong Tuesday
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Speaker of the Cross River House of Assembly, Hon. John Lebo has warned that any leader who underrates the power of social media is sitting on quick sand and stress the fact that the government has lost its traditional monopoly of the tools of mass propaganda. In a comment on a