By Patrick Obia Listen To The Report No fewer than fifteen (15) journalists in Cross River State were on Thursday, May 5, 2022, harassed and chased out of the venue of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo’s consultation visit to Cross River. This is happening two days after the World Press Freedom Day celebration aimed at protecting
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Listen To The Report Jarigbe Agom, the Senator representing Cross River Northern District in the 9th National Assembly has postponed a town hall meeting with his constituents earlier billed for May 5, 2022. Senator Agom in a message to CrossRiverWatch said this was due to pressing issues and the need to ensure
By George Odok, News Agency of Nigeria Listen TO The Report Chairman of APC in Cross River State, Barr. Alphonsus Ogar Eba has inaugurated the ad hoc committee to prune the number of governorship aspirants from 16 to 4. The Committee is expected to recommend four aspirants, two from the Central and two from the
By Ogar Monday Listen To The Report Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State has directed his appointees to resign from their offices if they intend to contest in next year’s general elections. Ayade in a letter with reference number GO/PRESS/12/VOL.II/144, signed by Mr. Christian Ita, his aide on Media and Publicity, directed that the
By Patrick Obia Listen To The Report The Governor of Cross River State, Sen. Ben Ayade has facilitated with muslim faithfuls as they celebrate the successful completion of this year’s Ramadan. Sen. Ayade took to his official Facebook page to call for unity among muslims and non-muslim faithfuls as they mark the Eid-El Fitri. He
By Patrick Obia Listen To The Report The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Cross River State, says permanent voter’s cards are ready for collection. INEC in a public announcement signed by the Administrative Secretary, Davis Obo, noted that voter’s cards for fresh registrants, who registered between June and December 2021 in Cross River State are
Listen To The Article The number of presidential aspirants in the country today throws up memories of the 1992 era when we had the Shehu Musa Yar’adua’s, the Olusola Sarakis, the Francis Arthur Nzeribes, the Emmanuel Inwanyanwus, the Umaru Shinkafi’s, the Adamu Ciromas, the Alabo Graham Douglas, the Olu Falaes, the Abel Ubeku, etc seeking
By Patrick Obia Listen To The Report “When I looked all around, only for me to realize that when the governor gave us the mandate to come and choose who will be the candidate of the party, I said I want to be very transparent and fair; I said I would not want the party