By Jonathan Ugbal The commissioner for new cities development in Cross River State, Mr. George Ekpungu has resigned his position to contest for the position of the member representing Ikom/Boki federal constituency in the national assembly. Also, first term representative, Jarigbe Agom has declared his intention to seek a second term as the member representing
By Odey Ojeka Ahead of the 2018 edition of the Leboku festival, the Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on prosecution, Mr. Okoi Obono-Obla has sponsored the festival’s football tournament with NGN500,000 and kits. Leboku is the Lokàá translation of the Ugep new yam festival in Yakurr local government area of central Cross River State
By Cornelius Ellah The founder and editor-in-chief of CrossRiverWatch, Mr. Agba Jalingo has stated that journalism is a rich profession meant only for those who are trained to practice with uprightness and integrity. Jalingo stated this Monday in Calabar while delivering a pep talk on the values of journalism to 200 level students of the
How can people like Edem Duke dare to aspire to be governor of Cross River State? Does he have no shame? Does speaking nice English amount to knowing how to lead? What happened to Duke and Duke? The fast food around state housing estate? How about the mirage? As Minister of Tourism, he had all
By Jonathan Ugbal The winner of the August 11, 2018 house of assembly bye-election in Obudu local government area of northern Cross River State, Mrs. Abbey Ukpukpen has broken silence on her ambition pledging to give her constituents the “representation they deserve.” This was contained in a statement signed by her and issued Tuesday in
CrossRiverWatch Admin The Vice Chancellor of University of Calabar (UNICAL), Professor Zana Akpagu has disowned a fake Facebook account bearing his name and pictures. The account, a statement from the Varsity issued on Monday says, was created by scammers to defraud the public on admission related issues and urged the public to disregard it even
By Jeremiah Archibong, Jonathan Ugbal and David Nsa The candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the concluded Obudu state assembly bye-election, Mrs. Abbey Ukpukpen has emerged winner having scored 12,712 votes despite not voting. The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Bendebel Ishamali polled 4,345 votes to emerge runner up while
By Jeremiah Archibong, Jonathan Ugbal, Ushang Ewa and Itiunbe Atunka Despite the presence of over 1,000 police officers and over 5 dozen personnel of different security agencies, at least two have been injured in the Obudu house of assembly bye-election with the results of one polling unit cancelled so far due to hijack of electoral