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Ndoma Egba Sour Grapes: The Limit Of Desperate Political Moves BY NEJI AFOR

These are indeed troubling times in the camp of distinguished Senator Victor Ndoma Egba (SAN), the embattled senator whose vaunted ambition is to represent Cross River Central for life. The well choreographed public image of the Senator took a direct hit recently when his hatchet men and surrogates threw caution to the wind by bringing

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2015 Governorship Race In Cross River And The Peace Of The Graveyard BY VENATIUS IKEM

Not a few Cross Riverians have lamented the apparent lack of activity, almost apathy that is surprisingly becoming the strange signature tune of Cross River state in the run up to the 2015 election. Could it be that we are no longer interested in politics and it’s outcomes? Of course not. No state in Nigeria

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Central Senatorial Seat And The Logic Of Power Rotation BY SAM ARIKPO

by crossriverwatch admin As the twenty fifteen elections draw nearer, there are parameters and neo-parameters being figured out for the choice of representatives at the polls. One noticeable feature of the forth coming polls is the adoption of strategies to ensure that no ethno-geographical entity is marginalized or left out in the power distribution equation.

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Musings Of A Young Cross Riverian II BY CHRISTIANA UKUNG ALAWA

Something Worse Than Death Okay, let us call her IMA-OBONG, she doesn’t use to have those tears you see in her eyes, she was born happily and the earth received her with joy as usual, her community welcomed her and blessed her existence. Amazing how fast she grew, she was a bunch of blessing and

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Ntufam Fidelis Ugbo: The Ideal Governor BY PETER OFFEM UBI

Every action is preceded by a counter reaction. We are normally advised before we act to think about what effect our actions will have on others. Because many friends have asked me this very important question: “who takes over from Imoke and what I thought,” it became imperative to engage myself in studying the candidates

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Cross River Central Senatorial District: Who Wears The Crown? BY CORNELIUS MPANTOR OJONG

The central senatorial district of Cross River State is set to deliver one of the most telling political lessons in our contemporary politics if the feelers emanating from this district are anything to go by. The seismic shock waves they form will reverberate across the nation and on the positive note would help in reshaping

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Musings Of A Young Cross Riverian BY CHRISTIANA UKUNG ALAWA

by crossriverwatch admin It doesn’t come as a surprise when one mentions slavery in our world today. We are people who suffered it in the past; many people watched their own brothers and sisters taken away into the chains of this monster. It wasn’t over, a fight began, many voices were heard, many lives were

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Cross River 2015: The Imperative For All Candidates BY PETER OFFEM UBI

by crossriverwatch admin After disturbing revelations by Mr. Venatius Ikem on the amount of money given to the state government through the Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) to augment Cross River State revenue for the loss of Bakassi and the hot debates on social media trailing the news of government plan to raise

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