by crossriverwatch admin Recently, the mass media was awash with a report quoting the Cross River State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) Ntufam John Okon as saying that people are printing PDP cards to claim they are party members and that one Mr. Goddy Jedy Agba is not a member of the party.
by crossriverwatch admin Some weeks ago while addressing newsmen on the second anniversary of the Party Exco in Cross River State, the state chairman of the People Democratic Party, PDP Ntufam John Achot Okon asserted that Mr. Godwin J. D. Agba is not a member of PDP. Ordinarily, one would have ignored that statement as
by crossriverwatch admin It’s getting on for 2015, in Cross River state presently, this period is one of political unrest. It is because general elections are barely seven months away. Strong political undercurrents are swirling as gladiators and lightweights begin to covertly build alliances and align themselves in anticipation of the tough contest ahead. Unlike
by crossriverwatch admin Historically, any candidate anointed by the establishment usually does not win the Cross River State governorship election, writes Jude Okwe “Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts, fear of loss of power,” a political scientist, John Steinbeck once said. Although every political actor is well at home with the dictum that all political
by crossriverwatch admin One thing is certain in the politics of silence currently pervading the political landscape in Cross River State and that is the reality that, like the other thirty five states in the country, on May 29, 2015, Senator Liyel Imoke, the governor of the state would vacate office and handover to another
by crossriverwatch admin The plan of the Government of Cross River State to sell five Cocoa Farms belonging to Government is in bad taste and must resisted. The people of Cross River State must arouse from their lethargy and self imposed slumber and fiercely resist the attempt by Governor Imoke to sell our patrimony and
by crossriverwatch admin Cross Riverians have condemned the frenzied and desperate antics of Imoke against the aspirations of Jedy-Agba. This is coming on the heels of the declaration of the State PDP chairman, Ntufam John Okon denouncing Jedy-Agba as a non party member. A couple of weeks ago, It was alleged that the PDP membership
by crossriverwatch The United Nations General Assembly declared May 3 to be World Press Freedom Day or just World Press Day to raise awareness of the importance of freedom of the press and remind governments of their duty to respect and uphold the right to freedom of expression enshrined under Article 19 of the Universal