By Lanre Arotimi The Correspondent of Daily Trust newspaper in Calabar, Mr. Eyo Charles, has been attacked by hoodlums in Calabar, south area of CrossRiver State. The incident, which occurred on Thursday morning along Calabar road, has left the Journalist in a state of shock. According to the victim, he lost an undisclosed amount of
By CrossRiverWatch admin There are indications that the next ministerial appointee from Cross River State will be human rights lawyer, Barrister Okoi Obono Obla CrossRiverWatch has learnt from highly placed sources in Abuja. Obla, a long time opposition politician and activist, is one of the most consistent rights campaigner from Cross River State, and has
By Our Correspondent Against the background of petition to the Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC, by a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Mr. Obono Obla, against Governor Liyel Imoke, his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Christian Ita has maintained that the governor has been prudent and transparent in the management of the resources
By CrossRiverWatch admin Barely forty days to the end of Imoke’s administration, Cross River lawyer and human rights activist, Okoi Obono Obla has petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC to investigate the expenditure of allocations to the 18 local governments in Cross River State from the federation account, under Imoke’s watch. The petition
By CrossRiverWatch admin A former governor of Cross River State and one time presidential aspirant, Donald Duke, has urged the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to re-strategize and form a strong opposition rather than fizzle out. In an exclusive interview on Channels Television’s ‘View From The Top’, Mr. Duke said that the PDP recorded many loses
By CrossRiverWatch admin The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed Saturday, April 25, for the conduct of the inconclusive House of Assembly election in Biase and Yakurr State Constituencies in Cross River. This was contained in a release signed by Dr Sylvester Okey-Ezeanyi, Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), in Calabar on Friday. It stated that
By Archibong Jeremiah Members of the All Progressive Congress, APC Cross River State Chapter have called for the immediate removal of the chapter Executives Council members led by Pastor Usani Usani, for hoarding, diverting and mismanagement of the party’s 350 Million Naira meant for the conduct of the just concluded general election in the State.
Thousands of supporters of the Senate Leader, Victor Ndoma Egba SAN, from the six local government areas of the Central Senatorial District of Cross River state on Thursday afternoon stormed the Cross River State secretariat of the All Progressives Congress, APC in Calabar to announce their defection from the Peoples Democratic Party PDP. The defectors,