As the race for the 2023 general elections gather steam in Cross River State, in the last couple of hours, attention has shifted to Cross River Northern Senatorial district where state governor, Ben Ayade and incumbent senator of the district, Jarigbe Agom Jarigbo, are locking horns in a political battle with wide reaching political consequences…
On Saturday, December 17, 2022, the Abayong community in Biase Local Government Area, Cross River State, stood still and hosted a large contingent of eminent persons as the family of His Royal Highness, Onun Johnson Ukam Ejekor, bade farewell to their matriarch, HRH Queen Monica Odubo Ukam Ejekor, with the memorial and funeral service conducted…
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Like many other Cross Riverians, I have experienced my own palpable bouts of severe anxieties about how it seemed the once upwardly mobile destiny of our State has nose dived irretrievably. I feared that the unprecedented defection of the Governor and other critical Party leaders to other Parties at that time, had dealt irreparable damage…
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By Kammonke Abam & Tammie Edet Kammonke She is in a class of her own. She’s incredibly endowed with unusual creative abilities. She’s a suave businesswoman and fashion icon, described by her admirers as one of Nigeria’s quintessential style-makers. Today, January 3, she turns 60. To those who know her closely, Obioma Liyel Imoke, daughter…
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Emil Inyang is a two-term Chairman of Biase LGA in Cross River State. He also has, over a considerable period of time, served as Chairman, Governing Council of the University of Cross River State, UNICROSS. With sights firmly set on representing Akamkpa/Biase Federal Constituency in Nigeria’s House of Representatives on the platform of the All…
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How time flies. In our time you knew your peer, even if by reputation, not only in your school but in other schools. Secondary schools were few as were students. We had inter school sports, debates and quiz competitions and these attracted huge audiences and spectators from the public as these events were the major…
