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Unveiling A Blueprint For Inclusive Economic Growth And Shared Prosperity In...
Share this nowEmmanuel Etim The vision statement of our dear state reads “Cross River State aspires by 2020 to be a leading Nigerian state with prosperous, healthy and well educated citizens living in...
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Help Me Place This Message on Governor Ayade’s Desk BY OBASESAM OKOI
Share this nowObasesam Okoi Please tell the governor of Cross River that building a superhighway is great. Only an insane person will fight progress. The question is whether the superhighway is a means...
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The Ayade Phenomenon And The Crisis Of Confidence In Cross River State BY...
Share this nowVenatius Ikem In politics it is often said that perception is reality. In street wisdom similarly it is said that there is no smoke without fire. The last six months of Governor Ayade’s...
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Driving The Change Agenda Through Political Diplomacy And Visionary...
Share this nowEmmanuel Etim The bane of development in many developing nations especially in Africa has been the inability to draw the line between partisan politics and commitment to national and...
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A Bleak Christmas Eve On 24th December 1975 In Ugep BY OBONO OBLA
Share this nowTaken on the 25th of December, 1975 by the then Chief Photographer of the Nigerian Chronicle, Uket Omini, these pictures shows many burnt buildings and internally displaced persons who...
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Navigating Towards Liberal And Economic Democracy; The Cross River Model BY...
Share this nowEmmanuel Etim Francis Fukuyama in his book “End of History and the last man” argues that the advent of Western liberal democracy may signal the endpoint of humanity’s socio-cultural...
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The Senseless-Ness Of Ayade’s Proposed University Of Agriculture BY PETER...
Share this nowPeter Ogar Ikibunim There is this saying “jack of all trade, master of none.” This has been the case in Cross River state. The policy “direction less-ness” of the Cross River state...
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Tale Of Four Deaths BY VICTOR NDOMA EGBA, SAN
Share this nowSenator Victor Ndoma Egba, SAN First, it was Senator Donald Dick Etiebet, Senator in the Second Republic, 1979 to 1983,Governor of old Cross River State (now Cross River and Akwa Ibom...
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As Ayade Takes Over Tourism And Culture: My Candid Advice BY PRINCEWILL ODIDI
Share this nowPrincewill Odidi Traveling recently on transit through Accra airport, gave me hope Africa would get it right someday. One thing I have come to learn over time is that the society has a...
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Bakassi Deep Sea Port: Bringing Hope And Prosperity To The People And Need...
Share this nowEmmanuel Etim EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Bakassi Deep Sea Port is one of two signature projects of the Sen. Prof. Ben. Ayade’s administration, the other being the 260 km Bakassi Katsina-ala...
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Goodbye, Barrister Mathew Ojua BY OBONO OBLA
Share this nowLate Barrister Mathew Ojua Simply unfathomable but that is life… It is flighty and a mist! I never knew Barrister Matthew Ojua was ill at all. It was only about Wednesday last week that...
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Expanding The Democratic Conversation Platform: The Cross River State Model...
Share this nowEmmanuel Etim John Dewey, an influential American psychologist in the 19th Century said Democracy begins in conversation. In other words talking together is a radical act. Democracy is...
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Mainstreaming Climate Change Mitigation And Adaptation In Cross River...
Share this nowINTRODUCTION Emmanuel Etim, Effects of Climate Change and Governor Ayade speaking at the Climate Change Summit in Paris Climate change is defined as a change of climate which is...
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Mathew Mkpe Ojua, The SAN Who Never Was BY MISSANG OYAMA
Share this nowLate Barrister Mathew Ojua On Sunday, 6th December, 2015 I woke up to check some updates on facebook as I usually do on a daily basis. As the notification page popped up, my eyes were...
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Hon. Bassey Eko Ewa, A Blessing Or A Curse To The People Of Yakurr/Abi...
Share this nowHon. Bassey Eko Ewa Over the past few days, I have been inundated with media reports on the gesture of love, goodwill and generosity extended to constituents by their able representatives...
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The Exodus And The Boom Of Brooms In Cross River State BY PETER OGAR IKIBUNIM
Share this nowChief Hilliard Etta, National Vice Chairman, South South APC welcoming decampees from PDP into the APC in Obudu LGA, CRS recently When not surprisingly the Buhari led coalition of the...
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The Role Of Youth In Advancing Democracy In Cross River State BY EMMANUEL ETIM
Share this now We have entered a new year 2016 which happens to be an election year in Cross River State as we expect the present Local Government Administration to come to an end and prepare to elect...
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Broken Wings Or Decamping Of “Bigwigs”: Battle Between Selflessness And...
Share this nowPrince Michael Abuo, SA Youth and Students Mobilization to Governor Ayade (The Antics of Betrayal and Selfishness of Mr. Goddy Jedy and Co. Against the Magnanimity and Selflessness of...
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Beyond The Criticism Of Ayade: The Road Not Taken (1) BY VENATIUS IKEM
Share this nowVenatius Ikem At inception of this Administration I had high expectations of my Governor Ben Ayade. His credentials as a cerebral young man have never been in doubt. I had thought he will...
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FICTIONAL REALITY: The Government Appointee BY OGAR MONDAY
Share this nowMonday Ogar You have been made an SA to the Governor. What that means you hardly know and don’t even care, but you are sure it entails a monthly/weekly stipend, a house and a car from the...
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