By Monday Ogar CrowdPol, A civic tech startup with headquarters in Calabar, the Cross River State capital, whose mission is to make governance open and inclusive for citizens, will be embarking on civic responsibility awareness campaign tagged ‘I Pledge To Vote’ ahead of the forthcoming 2019 general elections. Disclosing this In Calabar, the Chief Executive
By Deborah Obot The Cross River State Chapter of Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), has commended the State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade for donating a 17 seater Innoson bus (IVM 6540) to the union. According to the union Chairman, Mr. Godwin Ayendi in a statement made available to CrossRiverWatch, the union expressed appreciation
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Walter Onnoghen, on Monday, challenged the jurisdiction of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, sitting in Abuja, to try him over his alleged failure to declare his assets. The CJN, who stalled his planned arraignment following his refusal to appear before the Justice Danladi Umar’s
By Patrick Obia and Rose Ofem The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Cross River State has said it is to commence the Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) collection exercise at the 193 political wards in the State. This was contained in a press release signed by the State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Dr. Frankland Briyai addressed
By CrossRiverWatch Admin About 30 Senior Advocates of Nigeria with a battery of about 100 other junior lawyers have so far appeared before the Code of Conduct Tribunal in Abuja in defence of the Chief Justice of Nigeria who is to be arraigned on six counts of non-declaration of assets. According to Punch Newspaper, the
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent The South-South Governors forum has called on the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen to ignore the court summons by the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB). The forum made the call shortly after an emergency meeting held at the instance of it’s chairman, Governor Seriake Dickson of
By Obeten Godfrey A factional guber candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Cross River State for the 2019 polls, Senator John Owan-Enoh has appealed to the Minister of Niger Delta, Pastor Usani Usani and his supporters to sheathe their sword and embrace peace in the overall interest of the party and the State.
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has sworn in two former chairmen of Calabar Municipal and Obanliku local government areas as commissioners. They are, Ntufam Donatus Etim who served as Chairman of Calabar Municipal and Dr. Godwin Amanke, also known as ‘Timaya’ who served and was later sacked as