A strong, vibrant and robust democracy anywhere in the world is a product of so many factors including a virile system of checks and balances among the three arms of government, an electoral system that pays zero tolerance to elections malpractices/violence, but gives premium to free, fair and credible elections, thereby recognizing and sustaining the
By Aplefe Ojong Inspired by the outcome of the March 28 presidential elections which saw the emergence of its candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari as President-Elect,the All Progressives Congress[APC] in Cross River state has been involved in last minute push to clinch the governorship polls billed for April 11. Last weekend the party held a motorcade
By CrossRiverWatch admin Senator Ben Ayade, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP governorship flag bearer in tomorrow’s election in Cross River State, maintained a consistent lead uptill the last count of the CrossRiverWatch governorship opinion poll which ended last night with Ayade garnering 56% of the total votes casted by our readers. His closest opponent, the
By Our Correspondent The residents of Atekong community in Calabar have vowed not to vote in tomorrow’s governorship and House of Assembly election. Some of the residents who spoke with CrossRiverWatch decried the total darkness that the residents have endured for over six months without electricity supply. They complained bitterly that despite the fact that
By Okwo Kerry and Archibong Jeremiah The wind of change turning round the Country after the Presidential Election won by the Candidate the All Progressives Congress, General Muhammadu Buhari has hit Cross River state with the decamping of a former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the State and a one time Nigerian
By Ovatomi Ibingha Cross River State Command of the Vigilante Group of Nigeria recently arrested a man suspected to be a child trafficker in Abana, Bakassi Local Government Area of Cross River State just as two victims were rescued. The State Commander, Vigilante Group of Nigeria, Dr. Mercy Effiom made this known in her Calabar
There are a lot of questions that need answers, a lot of errors and omissions. Although this generation was born to a certain number of virtues, we seek to know why the vices are more. The generation seeks to know why the famous city of Canaan which is supposed to flow with milk and honey
By Our Correspondent Minister for Tourism, Culture and Orientation, and supervising Minister of Information, Chief Edem Duke has scoffed at claims by opposition parties in Cross River State that the Presidential and National Assembly elections in the state were manipulated to favor the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. The PDP made a clean sweep of all