By Jonathan Ugbal and Efa Sunday; Government House Correspondents The gubernatorial campaign of Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade ended Tuesday with moves to reconcile the differences between State lawmaker, Mr. Matthew Olory and federal lawmaker, Mr. Daniel Asuquo. CrossRiverWatch gathered that there was no love lost between the duo who served at different times
By Obeten Godfrey The Social Democratic Party, SDP, has expelled Professor Jerry Gana and its Acting National Chairman Supo Shonibare with immediate effect. The party, which endorsed President Mohammadu Buhari for a second term last week, also suspended its Presidential candidate Donald Duke, accusing him of being critical of the party and disrespecting it. SDP’s
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Cross River State Budget of Qabalistic Densification of One Trillion, Forty-Three Billion, Nine Hundred and Sixty Seven Million Naira (N1, 043,967,000,000) presented recently by the State Governor, Sen. Ben Ayade to the House of Assembly has received lashes from a section of the public with major opposition parties fisting on it. The
By Obeten Godfrey In a release signed by Dan Amor, Media Spokesman for The Sen. John Owan Enoh Campaign Organisation, the Owan Enoh faction of the APC kicked against the judgement delivered by a High Court on Monday, in Calabar which sacked Sen. John Owan Enoh as the Governorship candidate of the party in the State.
By Archibong Jeremiah A Federal High Court sitting in Calabar, Cross River State, has sacked Senator John Owan Enoh as the Governorship candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in the State. The Court also sacked the factional leadership of the party under Mr. John Ochalla, which is loyal to Owan-Enoh. Apart from removing Senator
By Our Reporter With less than 4 days to the commencement of the general elections, an election observer group in the Cross River State, the Centre for Transparency Advocacy (CTA) has said the desperation by politicians to win at all cost calls for concern. This is just as the group expressed satisfaction with the preparation
By Efa Sunday; Government House Correspondent The Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC to conduct a free and fair election, warning them to desist from rigging the election. The campaign train was welcomed by the State Governor, Sen. Ben Ayade and other
By Obeten Godfrey The National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN), Calabar South Branch has reaffirmed it’s stance of a peaceful elections, stating that “there will be no room for electoral violence in the area.” The NYCN made it’s position known in a town hall meeting it organised in partnership with the Independent National Electoral Commission