By CrossRiverWatch Admin Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State, Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State and Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State, have been rated as drop outs in PDP Vanguard latest CGPA (Cumulative Grade Point Average) Governors performance ranking. The ranking which saw Seyi Makinde of Oyo State and Bello Matawalle of Zamfara
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Donald Duke was a former Governor of Cross River State between 1999 and 2007, and the presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party in the 2019 election. In this interview with MUDIAGA AFFE and MOBOLA SADIQ, the 58-year-old law graduate of the Ahmadu Bello University Zaria talks about his foray into politics
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The year 2019 is coming to an end and the N1.043 trillion “Budget of Qabalistic Densification” in Cross River State has not witnessed up to 10 per cent implementation. Last week, Governor Ben Ayade presented the “Budget of Olimpotic Meristemasis” for 2020 which is N100 billion higher than that of last year
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Civil society organisations have called on President Muhammadu Buhari not to allow detained activists Omoyele Sowore, Olawale Bakare and Agba Jalingo to spend New Year in custody. The groups made the appeal while submitting a petition to the Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, Uche Secondus, in Abuja on Friday. The groups also
By Patrick Obia, Ololo Kelvin and Ginini Ikpete The Chairman of Cross River State Independent Electoral Commission (CROSSIEC), Dr. Ushie Michael Anake, has revealed that the reason why Local Government election has not conducted in the State since Ayade administration came onboard in 2015. According to him in a press conference this afternoon in his
By CrossRiverWatch Admin A Chieftain of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in the Cross River State, Mr. Odey Oyama, has denied news of him been appointed as the Chairman, Anti-Deforestation Task Force by Governor Ben Ayade. In a short telephone interview with CrossRiverWatch reporter, Mr. Odey claim he is not aware of any appointment because
Being text of the welcome address presented by the Speaker of the Cross River State House of Assembly, Eteng Jonah Williams (PDP Yakurr II) at the presentation of the 2020 budget estimates. Your Excellency, I wish to very warmly welcome you to the hallowed Chamber of the Cross River State House of Assembly. I recall
By Jonathan Ugbal Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Abuja told state legislatures that the delay in their autonomy was constrained by the constitution of the country. According to the a statement signed by his spokesman, Femi Adesina, the president said the constitution upholds the standard for all public officers and institutional operations. He