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Nay! You Are Wrong Mr. Speaker BY DARLINGTON EDEM

By CrossRiverWatch Admin I am particularly impressed with the good job my kind and intelligent brother and friend Mr. Agba Jalingo is doing. So, when I got his invitation to attend ‘The Dialogue with Agba Jalingo , even against myriad of issues that demanded my attention I was determined to steal some hours to attend

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What Ayade Critics Wont Tell You BY DOMINIC KIDZU

By CrossRiverWatch Admin There has been a rash of toxic material pouring freely into the social media like August rainfall in Calabar. The astonishing rapidity and regularity of this literary genre is surprising even to the casual onlooker and raises fresh questions as to the raison d’etre for this season of hate, and envy, and

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Senator Rose Oko And The Northern Cross River State Debacle BY MIKE NKU ABUO

By CrossRiverWatch Admin There is no human without one form of impediment or the other whether now, the future or in the past but for those who have risen above these impediments to offer their service to the society rather than wish them bad, run them down or castigate them, we should rather encourage and

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The Imperative For Governor Ayade’s Second Term In Office BY TONY UNDIAUNDEYE

By CrossRiverWatch Admin In Cross River State, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), remains the most potent and dominant Political Party holding sway the machinery of government and controlling all the eighteen Local Government Councils in the state. The Party recorded this great success since the commencement of Democratic rule in the country in 1999. As

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3rd Dialogue With Agba Jalingo Town Hall Meeting And Matters Arising BY EBA ISHMAEL

By CrossRiverWatch Admin It was a gathering of intellectuals at Pearl Ball Room of the prestigious Transcorp hotel, Calabar as the 3rd quarterly town hall meeting hosted by one of Cross River State’s media entrepreneur, Agba Jalingo successfully took place. The event with the theme “Amendment of the Nigerian constitution: The Roles of Youths and

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I Support LG Autonomy But… – John Gaul, Kicks Against INEC Conducting LG Elections

By Obeten Godfrey The Speaker of the Cross River State House of Assembly, Honorable John Gaul Lebo has said that he will not support the ongoing legislative activity in the National Assembly which tends to empower the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct local government elections. Mr. Lebo stated his position Monday in Calabar

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Legor Slams Nigeria’s Federal Structure, Seeks Local Policing As Panacea For Insecurity

By Grace Orok and Obeten Godfrey The member representing Obudu/Obanliku/Bekwarra federal constituency in the National Assembly; Honorable Legor Idagbo has said that Nigeria is not operating a true federal structure. He made this known, Monday in Calabar, the Cross River State capital while speaking at the Dialogue with Agba Jalingo 3rd Quarterly Town Hall meeting

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My Duty As Legislator Is To Make Laws Not Dash Money – Legor Idagbo

By Obeten Godfrey Federal lawmaker, Legor Idagbo has admonished constituents who call him pleading for financial assistance to realize that his role as a legislator is to make laws not dole out cash gifts. Mr. Idagbo who represents Obudu/Obanliku/Bekwarra constituency in the House of Representatives, stated this while speaking at the 3rd quarterly Dialogue With

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