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My Seven Point Agenda Will Consolidate Our Gains – Legor Idagbo

By Elijah Ugani Former Cross River State Commissioner for Works, and 2015 Governorship aspirant, Mr. Legor Idagbo has said that his seven point agenda will consolidate the gains of the eight years of Imoke’s administration. Mr. Legor Idagbo who spoke to CrossRiverWatch after the PDP northern caucus screening exercise for governorship aspirants at the Ogoja

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Cross River Has Only 13 Licensed Hotels As Over 70 Receive Closure Notice

By Archibong Jeremiah “Over 70 establishments have received closure notice; our team will go with members of the police force to shut down the unlicensed establishments, and this is to come in October”. This was disclosed by the Manager, Standards and Licensing Department, Cross River State Tourism Bureau, Mr. Eche Takon in an exclusive interview

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I Will Relocate Bebi Airstrip, Watt Market – Speaker, Cross River Assembly

By crossriverwatch admin As part of the his plan to properly reposition the tourism potentials in the Cross River northern senatorial district, Hon. Larry Odey, Speaker of the Cross River State House of Assembly and 2015 governorship aspirant, has said that the people of Bebi in Obanlikwu Local Government Area may lose the right of

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Cross River Celebrates International Day Of The Elderly

By Monday Ogar The Cross River state Ministry of Social Welfare and Community Development on Thursday joined the rest of the world to commemorate the United Nations International Day of the Elderly in Calabar. The day was marked with a program organized by the ministry to celebrate the elderly and aged in the state. Speaking

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We Will Disqualify Aspirants Who Don’t Play By The Rules – PDP State Chairman

By Jeremiah Archibong The Cross River State Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Ntufam John Okon, has warned that the Party leadership in the state will disqualify any aspirant who refuses to play according to the rules. Ntufam Okon who handed down the warning at the state party’s secretariat Calabar, at the occasion of

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Senator Bassey Otu Set To Decamp From PDP

By Laureta Akpan There are indications that Senator Bassey Otu (PDP, Cross River South) may soon lead other PDP big wigs in Cross River State to join the opposition. CrossRiverWatch gathered reliably that the infighting between the Senator’s camp and the Governor’s camp is unsettling the lawmaker and he is now in advanced level of

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Cross River 2015: We May Reconvene To Get One Candidate Or Let Them Go To The Field – Northern PDP Caucus Leader

By Elijah Ugani The Cross River State northern senatorial district caucus leader, Chief Linus Okum (Ada Bekwara) has disclosed that they may convene again to see how the north as a family will cut down the number of governorship aspirants ahead of 2015 guber race to a single candidate. Ada Bekwara made this known while

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Pa Thomas Odey, Former Minister’s Father Laid to Rest In Okpoma

By Elijah Ugani The Executive Governor of Cross River State, Senator Liyel Imoke has consoled the family of late Pa Thomas Odey Opiepe who died after a brief illness at age 102years. Senator Imoke speaking during the final laying to rest of the body of the deceased described him as a man who lived a

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