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Bribe Scandal Hits Cross River PDP

by crossriverwatch admin Cross River State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is enmeshed in serious crisis following the allegations of bribe and imposition of candidates by some political leaders of the state against the State Chairman of the party Ntufam John Okon for the forthcoming local government election. But in a swift reaction,

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China to Build Truck Plant in Calabar

by crossriverwatch admin A Chinese Trade delegation on a visit to Cross River State has made known its intention to open a truck manufacturing plant within Calabar Free Trade Zone. Leader of the group and Deputy Mayor of Chang Chun City,China, Mr. Gui Guangli, disclosed this to Governor Liyel Imoke of Cross River State during

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Calabar Traditional Stool Controversy: Youths, Market Women Seek Imoke’s Intervention

by crossriverwatch admin Market women and youths of Calabar South Local Government Area of Cross River State have written to Governor Liyel Imoke over the controversy surrounding the throne of Muri Munene of Efut Kingdom and the alleged maltreatment and refusal to give due respect to the Paramount Ruler of Calabar South, His Majesty, Muri

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Cross River LG Polls: PDP Aspirant Petitions Party Over False Declaration Of Candidate

by crossriverwatch admin Controversy has continued to trail the purported screening, mock election (selection) and primaries by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the forthcoming Local Government elections in Cross River State. In Calabar South Local Government Area, one of the aspirants who out rightly rejected the purported mock election to select the councillorship candidate

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NASS Lauds Cross River on Projects Sustainability

by crossriverwatch admin The National Assembly Committee on Civil Society and Donor Agencies has said it is impressed with the institutional framework put in place by the Cross River State government to enhance sustainability of its projects. The Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Civil Society and Donor Agencies, Hon (Prof) Ini Udoka

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Teachers Lack of Capacity is Bane of Education in Cross River – SUBEB

by crossriverwatch admin The appalling standard in education in Cross River state especially at the primary and secondary school levels is majorly attributable to the lack or little capacity of the teachers at that level to deliver quality teaching to the pupils and students. Dr Joseph Ebam, the Cross River State Chairman of the State

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Cross River Head of Service Warns Against Shady Deals in State Civil Service

by crossriverwatch admin The Government of Cross River State yesterday in Calabar warned public and civil servants against their involvement in bribery and corruption which it condemned in its entirety claiming there are vices that are impediment to national development. The warning was given by the Head of Service in the state, Mrs. Mary Theresa

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Deputy Defies Imoke, Insist on PDP Primaries in Odukpani

by crossriverwatch admin The directives by the Cross River State governor, Senator Liyel Imoke that the PDP adopts consensus candidates to run the 2013 Local Government Council election seems not to have gone down well with his deputy, Barrister Efiok Cobham who may have decided to test the capacity of his boss to ensure that

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