By Jeremiah Archibong, Jonathan Ugbal, Ushang Ewa and Itiunbe Atunka Despite the presence of over 1,000 police officers and over 5 dozen personnel of different security agencies, at least two have been injured in the Obudu house of assembly bye-election with the results of one polling unit cancelled so far due to hijack of electoral
By Jeremiah Archibong, Jonathan Ugbal and Ushang Ewa The candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the house of assembly bye-election in Obudu, Abbey Ukpukpen has raced to an early lead. Results from seven out of ten wards announced so far shows Mrs. Ukpukpen is far ahead of her contenders from three other parties.
By Jonathan Ugbal, Elijah Ugani, Ushang Ewa and Itiunbe Atunka Collation has commenced across the 117 polling units in the 10 wards of Obudu local government area in the state house of assembly bye-election. A total of 74,363 eligible voters are expected to have cast their votes but low turnout in some areas, malfunctioning card
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has cast his vote at the ongoing house of assembly bye-election in Obudu local government area of northern Cross River State. Mr. Ayade arrived his polling unit at Kakum village in at 10:21 AM and immediately proceeded to be accredited amidst cheers from
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC in Cross River State in 2015, Mr. Odey Ochicha has formally declared his intention to contest the gubernatorial election again in 2019. Ochicha, in a well attended APC rally yesterday at Covent Primary school, Abuochiche, Bekwerra local government area of the state said that
By Ekeng Inyang The Cross River International Youth Day colloquium, as part of the International Youth Day Celebrations, held yesterday at the Transcorp Hotel, Calabar with youths from various facets of live, associations and organisations in attendance. Governor Ben Ayade was represented at the event by the Commissioner for Youths and Sports Development, Comrade Asu
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The government of Cross River state, has denied rumors that the state governor, Senator Ben Ayade, is planning to decamp to the All Progressives Congress APC. In a statement issued by the governor’s Chief Press Sectetary, Mr. Christian Ita, in Calabar, the governor described the rumors as ‘fake news’. The statement reads:
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Ahead of the full commencement of construction work on the proposed Bakassi Deep Seaport, Cross River State governor, Senator Ben Ayade yesterday, received the concept design from a Chinese firm, China Harbour Engineering Company. During a 3-D presentation by a team of Chinese engineers led by Mr. Jason Wang, Governor Ayade announced