There has been speculations particularly in the social media as to who between John Owan-Enoh and Pastor Usani Uguru Usani is the All Progressives Congress Cross River State Governorship Candidate for the 2019 election. The speculations became virile on social media soon after the Abuja High Court gave a judgment wherein Honorable Etim John challenged
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Management and Staff of CrossRiverWatch wishes to felicitate with our esteemed readers, both at home and in diaspora, for their patronage so far. At CrossRiverWatch, we are committed to continually breaking news and reporting factual and objective stories as well as trending issues that relate to, are about Cross River and
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Barring any last minute change, the three leading gubernatorial candidates in Cross River for the 2019 general elections will today (Wednesday) join dozens of other stakeholders to discuss how credible and violence free elections can be conducted in the State. The trio of Senator Ben Ayade of the People’s Democratic Party; Senator
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Ahead of party primaries and the 2019 general elections, concerns about the electoral processes have been raised with several new innovations introduced to reduce the level of rigging at the polls. A concerned Cross Riverian, Mr. Ogar Peter Ikibunim is one of those seeking to end rigging. “I think we have argued
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent Nigeria’s Senate President and presidential aspirant of the People’s Democratic Party, Bukola Saraki has hailed the economic vision of Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade pointing out that his ideas are what the country needs at the moment. Mr. Saraki gave the commendation Wednesday in Calabar, the Cross River
By Jonathan Ugbal The chairman of the Senate committee on finance and gubernatorial aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Cross River State, John Owan-Enoh has denied allegations that he said he does not need the votes of a particular ethnic group in the state to become governor. Mr. Owan-Enoh made this known in
Since 1999, in every state there is this group of persons called the political class, they run the state, share state budget and contracts among themselves, rotate political offices and appointments among themselves, to an extent their children marry one another. Power usually rotates within that group, from fathers to sons and daughters. When they
By Jonathan Ugbal Prince Jedy Agba, a guber aspirant in the 2015 general elections has denied claims that he is contesting the 2019 gubernatorial elections. Mr. Agba, a former Group General Manager of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation NNPC, disclosed this in a telephone interview with CrossRiverWatch on Friday evening. “I am contesting elections and