Fellow Cross Riverians,with the greatest humility, I stand before you today to answer the call of history and, accept with an open heart and hands, the monumental challenge to provide leadership to one of Nigeria’s most enlightened states. I am fully aware of the weight of this challenge and fully resolved that by the Grace…
Fellow Cross Riverians, friends and well-wishers, it is a great privilege to be here with you today, 8 years after I was given the mantle of leadership of our dear state. When I assumed office, I set out to re-engineer governance in our state to bring tangible economic development to the rural areas, improve healthcare,…
On behalf of myself and my entire family, I, Dr Clement Oshaka, PDP caucus leader, Bekwarra Local Government Area, heartily congratulate our indefatigable governor, Sen (Prof) Ben Ayade on the occasion of his long-awaited swearing-in as governor of our dear Cross River State, a fulfillment of God’s design for our dear state. May God grant…
By Ernest Irek It took me about twenty minutes to do a double take on the article written by one George E Omini about the political career of Distinguished Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba. After some soul-searching and sober reflections, it dawned on me that I consider myself an appropriate person to throw light on this issue…
By Ernest Irek I really mused over the caption of this piece for a couple of nights before finally settling for it.The alternative could have been the “The beginning of the end” but I felt this might not captivate readers better than the chosen one above. Liyel Imoke was a guy who burst unto the…
By Wofai Iwara Recently the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) commenced a scheme to compulsorily capture the biometric data of all banking consumers pursuant to the issuance of Biometric Verification Numbers (BVN) and in line with its know your customer initiative (KYC) allegedly aimed at improving banking operation and regulations. This is just one of…
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