Ugbo, Legor, Oti, Shine At Akamkpa Caucus Screening By Archibong Jeremiah The Akamkpa PDP Caucus on Thursday October 2nd met with nine Cross River state 2015 governorship aspirants in a bid to screen them for the PDP primaries. The meeting which started at about 5pm at Planet Hotel, State Housing in Calabar saw a large
By Elijah Ugani Former Cross River State Commissioner for Works, and 2015 Governorship aspirant, Mr. Legor Idagbo has said that his seven point agenda will consolidate the gains of the eight years of Imoke’s administration. Mr. Legor Idagbo who spoke to CrossRiverWatch after the PDP northern caucus screening exercise for governorship aspirants at the Ogoja
By Archibong Jeremiah “Over 70 establishments have received closure notice; our team will go with members of the police force to shut down the unlicensed establishments, and this is to come in October”. This was disclosed by the Manager, Standards and Licensing Department, Cross River State Tourism Bureau, Mr. Eche Takon in an exclusive interview
By crossriverwatch admin As part of the his plan to properly reposition the tourism potentials in the Cross River northern senatorial district, Hon. Larry Odey, Speaker of the Cross River State House of Assembly and 2015 governorship aspirant, has said that the people of Bebi in Obanlikwu Local Government Area may lose the right of
By Monday Ogar The Cross River state Ministry of Social Welfare and Community Development on Thursday joined the rest of the world to commemorate the United Nations International Day of the Elderly in Calabar. The day was marked with a program organized by the ministry to celebrate the elderly and aged in the state. Speaking
By Jeremiah Archibong The Cross River State Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Ntufam John Okon, has warned that the Party leadership in the state will disqualify any aspirant who refuses to play according to the rules. Ntufam Okon who handed down the warning at the state party’s secretariat Calabar, at the occasion of
By Laureta Akpan There are indications that Senator Bassey Otu (PDP, Cross River South) may soon lead other PDP big wigs in Cross River State to join the opposition. CrossRiverWatch gathered reliably that the infighting between the Senator’s camp and the Governor’s camp is unsettling the lawmaker and he is now in advanced level of
By Elijah Ugani The Cross River State northern senatorial district caucus leader, Chief Linus Okum (Ada Bekwara) has disclosed that they may convene again to see how the north as a family will cut down the number of governorship aspirants ahead of 2015 guber race to a single candidate. Ada Bekwara made this known while