By Usman Babaji, WikkiTimes Several voters in Bauchi State will make their decisions about who to elect into various positions based on what they have heard preached in their respective worship centres. The religious metric has been condemned and described as divisive, but it still plays out in the political decision-making of some congregations led
Governor Ayade is asking APC stakeholders in Cross River State to attend a post-election meeting with him on Tuesday, February 28 and each of them is expected to arrive with results of the February 25 elections from their polling units for unit-by-unit analysis. My observations: From the language and intent of the letter, it is
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Cross River State Governor, Sen. Ben Ayade has described the sudden death of Calabar South Local Government Chairperson, Mrs. Esther Bassey as painful and devastating. In a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Barrister Christian Ita, the governor bemoaned Mrs. Bassey’s death saying her demise is shocking. “It
By Patrick Obia Report reaching our newsroom says that the Executive Chairman of Calabar South Local Government Area of Cross River State, Honorable Esther Bassey is dead. The Deaconess is said to have passed on in the wee hours of Friday 24th February 2023, less than 24 hours before the Presidential and National Assembly elections.
By Ogar Monday In Marian, Calabar Municipal, just before the street to the Cross River State secretariat of the Nigerian Union of Journalists, NUJ, is a building awash with the 2023 election advertisement of party candidates of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. The building is the office of Cross River State Infrastructural Safety and
By Patrick Obia Basic Right Council Initiative (BRCI), a non-profit making organization based in Calabar, Cross River State has trained over 18 observers for the 2023 general elections. Held at the State Ministry of Justice, Calabar, participants were drawn from various communities in three local government areas to serve as local observers for the February
By Patrick Obia The Cross River State Police Command has assured the citizens of an adequate and conducive atmosphere devoid of molestation and other security threats as they march to the polls for the presidential and National Assembly elections. The Command gave the assurance in a press release made available by the Command’s Police Public
By Patrick Obia Connected Development (CODE) has commenced interface with chiefs and members of host oil-producing communities in Cross River State, mapping out abandoned and dilapidated projects. The Host Communities inspected are Efut Esighi, Esuk Mba, Esuk Mbat, Esuk Ikot Nsidung, Urua Iwan, Ekpene Ikot Okon Idem and Ekpene Ikot Okon Nsa, all in Bakassi