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Accountability Journalist, An Adversary Or A Conscience BY AGBA JALINGO

The traditional role of journalism is an open book. To inform, educate and entertain. But there is also the watchdog journalism, which I personally prefer to refer to as ‘accountability journalism.’...

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#CRSLeadership Goals With Wofai Ewa: Economic Growth

#CRSLeadership Goals is a column by Wofai Ewa focused on the #CRSConversation. It is aimed at improving social consciousness. ECONOMY In 2017, the Cross River State economy produced a Gross State...

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They Will Insist They Are Different, But – WITTY THOUGHT WITH KEN HENSHAW

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...

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You Need To Sin, To Live BY AGBA JALINGO

Just like the astronaut requires a space jacket before going to space, one of the most important requirements to come and live on planet Earth, apart from Oxygen, is SIN. Without sin, no soul can...

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Elections Cometh, Are You A Student ? BY AGBA JALINGO

Your lecture room is an eyesore. With students sitting on the floor. 500 students stuffed in a lecture hall built for 50. No additional facilities. No public address system. No ventilation other than...

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Leaders Build Systems, Systems Solve Problems BY AGBA JALINGO

As we continue to broaden the conversation around leadership in the age of personalization, it is trite to remember as, Karl Popper, one of the most influential 20th century philosophers of science,...

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#CRSLeadership Goals With Wofai Ewa: Agriculture, Agri-Business And Food...

#CRSLeadership Goals is a column by Wofai Ewa focused on the #CRSConversation. It is aimed at improving social consciousness. AGRICULTURE, AGRI-BUSINESS & FOOD SECURITY Prior to the 4th Republic,...

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Real Reason I Will Not Stop Criticizing Governor Ayade BY AGBA JALINGO

Criticism isn’t such a difficult word to comprehend literary, but it’s meaning is often mentally misunderstood as hatred. Particularly in acquiesced societies like Cross River State where passivity is...

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With This Abba Kyari Drug Revelation, IGP Has To Answer Questions – WITTY...

This is a column by Ken Henshaw, Executive Director of We The People. WITTY THOUGHT is a brisk review of situations in Nigeria with the intent to revive social consciousness. With this Abba Kyari drug...

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Sunday Musings: Your Village People Must Be Stronger Than Your God BY AGBA...

There are Christians in many urban centers both in Nigeria and abroad who have never been back home to their villages for decades. Not themselves nor their family members. The fear of their village is...

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PHOTOS: Lawmaker Donates 34th Police Division In Cross River

By Patrick Obia The member representing Obubra/Etung Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Honorable Michael Etaba has donated a new divisional Police Headquarters in Apiapum, Obubra...

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My Stewardship So Far BY HON PETER AKPANKE

Together, we shall demolish all the mountains and refill all the valleys that dare to stand between us and the attainment of our collective desires.

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Seizure Of LG Funds, How It All Began BY DOMINIC KIDZU

There are those who argue without evidence, that the very idea was formulated in Cross River State by the then Governor Donald Duke.

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Is ‘Atakpa’ Of Calabar Really Linked To ‘Akpa’ Of The Jukuns? BY CEEJAY OJONG

For instance, where did the 'Akpa Junkuns' suddenly disperse to without any remnant or trace of its people, language or settlements in the Calabar vicinity? The Efuts we already know are a part of the...

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State Governors Are The Real Problem Of Nigerian Democracy BY DOMINIC KIDZU

They use poverty as a form of political control. The poorer the people, the more likely they are compelled to sing and dance at the celestial glory of the sovereign who does no wrong. Every single...

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The Marginalization Of Cross River State In Federal Appointments: A Case For...

The pattern extends beyond board appointments. At the Federal Executive Council, the state has suffered significant downgrades in ministerial appointments.

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The Forgotten Province Of Nigeria BY NANDI BETTE

Traversing the length and breadth of old Ogoja Province, one is scandalized by the plight of a dejected citizenry, living amidst abundant resources yet struggling to float above poverty level. Today,...

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NORTHCCO: A Utopian Dream That Will Soon Blow Away BY AGBA JALINGO

the real qualm is the continued preference of our elites for politics far and above governance. The insatiable desire of people who have held several political positions and failed to help Cross River...

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Know Your Constituency Projects In The 2025 Budget (Part 10);...

This is a total of 12 projects amounting to N1,505,000,000 (One billion five hundred and five million Naira.)

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Know Your Constituency Projects In The 2025 Budget (Part 11): Cross River...

This is a total of 9 projects amounting to N2,220,000,000 (Two billion two hundred and twenty million Naira.)

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