By Mudiaga Afe The Resident Electoral Commissioner in Cross River State, Mr. Mike Igini, on Wednesday decried the non-collection of 261,416 Permanent Voters Cards by registered voters across the various local government areas of the state. He said it was worrisome that despite the huge publicity and mobilization carried out by the commission in conjunction
By Sylvia Etta Following the listing of Cross River state as one of the HIV endemic states by the National Action Committee on AIDS, NACA, the State Government says it plans to institutionalize a policy that will sustain the fight against HIV/AIDS in the state. Mr. Roy Ndoma-Egba, Special Adviser, Department of International Donor Cooperation
By Laureta Akpan Information reaching CrossRiverWatch indicate that at least five members of the Cross River State Executive Council, SEC will be leaving the council this week to concentrate on their election campaigns. The five which include Commissioners and Special Advisers from the northern part of the state who are eyeing the governorship are Mr.
By Josephine Igbinovia-Agbonkhese Everything works like Harry Potter’s spell when crowns rest on the heads of the likes of passionate, gorgeous and cheerful Nancy-Olive Aisagbonhi. Nancy-Olive is the reigning Queen of Cross River State’s annual Calabar Carnival Pageant. Fuelled by an untainted ambition to be remembered as the queen who turned around the lives of
It is important I clearly state the following to enable the reader understand my objectivity and professional opinion in this commentary. I am not a member of PDP, APC or any other political party. I don’t know or claim to know any of the Congressmen mentioned herein, and do not in the present or in
These are indeed troubling times in the camp of distinguished Senator Victor Ndoma Egba (SAN), the embattled senator whose vaunted ambition is to represent Cross River Central for life. The well choreographed public image of the Senator took a direct hit recently when his hatchet men and surrogates threw caution to the wind by bringing
by crossriverwatch admin The Calabar International Convention Center (CICC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Alliance Venue and Facilities Management (AVFM), ahead of the venue opening in six months. On Thursday 28 August, CICC project director Nzan Ogbe, signed the agreement with director of AVFM Mike Lord and fellow director Brian Jackson to
Not a few Cross Riverians have lamented the apparent lack of activity, almost apathy that is surprisingly becoming the strange signature tune of Cross River state in the run up to the 2015 election. Could it be that we are no longer interested in politics and it’s outcomes? Of course not. No state in Nigeria