By Sylvia Etta The PDP in Cross River has declared that there will be no automatic ticket for aspirants intending to use its platform to run for elective positions in 2015 general elections. The State Chairman of PDP, Mr John Okon, said this in Calabar when Rep. John Owan-Enoh visited the state secretariat of the
By Oluwakemi Dauda The crisis generated by the award of the N20 billion Calabar channel contract by the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) to Calabar Channel Management Limited (CCM), a joint venture of NPA and a firm owned by a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senator is not over, it was learnt. Some of the firms that
By Sylvia Etta The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Stephen Oru, on Thursday, said that the ongoing expansion of the East-West road would cost one billion dollars (about N165 billion). Mr. Oru disclosed this in Calabar, Cross River State, during the graduation ceremony of the 2nd Batch of participants of the Identify, Train and Engage
By John Ushie Some members of the Cross River PDP Northern Caucus have confided in CrossRiverWatch that the battle for the PDP governorship ticket may just narrow down to “Legor and the rest.” Having zoned the governorship to the northern senatorial district of the State, the Northern caucus of the ruling party has been saddled
By Our Correspondent The Chief Press Secretary/Senior Special Adviser to Governor Imoke on Media, Mr. Chrisitian Ita today informed CrossRiverWatch that the Governor has picked Mr. Jude Ngaji as his new Chief of Staff. Mr. Jude Ngaji until his new appointment was deputy to Mr. Alex Egbuna who voluntarily resigned his appointment to contest for
It was a sunny afternoon! Calabar sun was having its regular competition with only God knows who. Human and every other living thing seemed to wither under the intense sun. Trust me, it wasn’t a weather to smile at. But I found myself in a cab along Marian by Ekong Ita road. Just when the
By Aplefe Ojong Cross River State as a political entity among the comity of States in the Federation of Nigeria was created in 1967 as South Eastern state under the regime of Gen. Yakubu Gowon and later re-christened as Cross River state in 1976 by the Late Murtala Muhammed/Gen. Olusegun Obasanjo regime. In September 1987,
By Cosmos Obi The National Director General of Standard Organization of Nigeria, SON Dr. Joseph Odumodu has enjoined Cross Riverians and Nigerians at large to patronize and promote made in Nigeria goods. He made the call in Calabar at a one day sensitization rally organized by the organization where he urged Nigerians to be condescending