By Jeremiah Archibong, Jonathan Ugbal and Ushang Ewa The candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the house of assembly bye-election in Obudu, Abbey Ukpukpen has raced to an early lead. Results from seven out of ten wards announced so far shows Mrs. Ukpukpen is far ahead of her contenders from three other parties.
By Jonathan Ugbal, Elijah Ugani, Ushang Ewa and Itiunbe Atunka Collation has commenced across the 117 polling units in the 10 wards of Obudu local government area in the state house of assembly bye-election. A total of 74,363 eligible voters are expected to have cast their votes but low turnout in some areas, malfunctioning card
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has cast his vote at the ongoing house of assembly bye-election in Obudu local government area of northern Cross River State. Mr. Ayade arrived his polling unit at Kakum village in at 10:21 AM and immediately proceeded to be accredited amidst cheers from
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC in Cross River State in 2015, Mr. Odey Ochicha has formally declared his intention to contest the gubernatorial election again in 2019. Ochicha, in a well attended APC rally yesterday at Covent Primary school, Abuochiche, Bekwerra local government area of the state said that
By Margaret John The management Innoson Motors has signed a marketing and distributorship deal with CRWatch Resources as the distributor of the company’s vehicles and parts in Cross River and Akwa Ibom states. The deal which was signed on August 7th, 2018 in Nnewi Anambra State, by the Chairman/CEO of Innoson Vehicle Management Co. Ltd,
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Do we really need a spaghetti bridge in Odukpani Junction? We do not need a spaghetti bridge in Odukpani Junction, what we should do is fix our internal road network that is presently in a terrible state of disrepair – Army Junction to Flour Mills Junction, Marian Road through Ikot Ishie Market
By Ekeng Inyang The Cross River International Youth Day colloquium, as part of the International Youth Day Celebrations, held yesterday at the Transcorp Hotel, Calabar with youths from various facets of live, associations and organisations in attendance. Governor Ben Ayade was represented at the event by the Commissioner for Youths and Sports Development, Comrade Asu
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The government of Cross River state, has denied rumors that the state governor, Senator Ben Ayade, is planning to decamp to the All Progressives Congress APC. In a statement issued by the governor’s Chief Press Sectetary, Mr. Christian Ita, in Calabar, the governor described the rumors as ‘fake news’. The statement reads: