Category: Editorial

EDITORIAL: Calabar Media City, N2.4 Billion And The Sealed Lips

January 5, 2015January 5, 2015 Admin No Comments

2.4 Billion Naira is a lot of money by any standards. This is the exact amount of money the Cross River State government obtained from First Bank of Nigeria PLC as a loan in 2012 for the Calabar Media City Special Purpose Vehicle. While the Cross River State House of Assembly authorized government to obtain…

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RE: Jedy Congratulates Ayade: We Are Indeed Right!

December 13, 2014December 13, 2014 Admin No Comments

Following the publication of a few details contained in two separate phone conversations obtained by www.crossriverwatch.com and www.calitown.com from Cross River State governorship aspirant Goddy Jedy Agba and Ben Ayade, the PDP governorship flagbearer in Cross River State, there has been a deluge of rebuttals, vituperations and accusations from both the Media Consultant to Jedy…

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EDITORIAL: Bombs, Guns, Cross River Politics And Tomorrow

November 27, 2014November 27, 2014 Admin No Comments

Early this week, the secretariat of the CRS chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, was in the news for the wrong reasons as an improvised explosive went off, causing verifiable damage to a section of the building. Within the week too, front line politician and former National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Venatius Ikem,…

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EDITORIAL: Nigeria, AFCON And The No Show

November 20, 2014November 20, 2014 Admin No Comments

Simply and painfully put, Nigeria’s Super Eagles will not be at next year’s African Nations Cup in nearby Equatorial Guinea to defend the cup they won in South Africa. Coming third in her qualifying group behind run away leaders, South Africa and surprise bundle, Congo, shut the door on the African Champions(?). It is a…

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