By Lauretta Akpan Governor Liyel Imoke this evening inaugurated the campaign train of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Calabar. The event which took place at the Cultural Center saw the venue parked to the rafters with supporters of the party dancing and singing the praises of their leaders. Imoke used the opportunity to
By Sylvia Etta In a rare show of solidarity and sportsmanship, over twenty of the aspirants who lost out in the battle for the Cross River state PDP governorship ticket to Senator Ben Ayade met with him yesterday at a dinner to pledge their support and promised to work for the success of the party
By Our Correspondent The State Governor, Senator Liyel Imoke this evening approved the appointment of 10 new Special Advisers. According to a statement signed by Mr. Christian Ita, the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, the new appointees are; 1. Mr. Ken Egbas 2. Mr. Gerald Adah 3. Mrs. Margaret Ebokpo 4. Mr. Edward Ogon
By Our Correspondent The Cross River State PDP governorship candidate, Senator Ben Ayade has told CrossRiverWatch that he will flag off his governorship campaign on Sunday, January 18 in Ogoja. In a chat earlier today, the Senator representing Cross River Northern Senatorial district informed that all is now ready for the commencement of the campaign
By Archibong Jeremiah A group of physically challenged men have joined the campaign team of the Labour party Senatorial candidate for Cross River Southern Senatorial District, Senator Bassey Otu. The group took to the streets of Calabar recently to campaign for their principal’s second term bid. Speaking to CrossRiverWatch, Mr. Ekpenyong Akiba, media assistant to
By Monday Ogar/Raymond Ekemini The University of Calabar has commenced her 39th Students Week with the theme ‘Unity in Diversity’. The theme according to the Students’ Union Government Vice-President Comrade Akpan Inemesit Solomon who is also the chairman of the students week planning committee, was chosen because it dwells on Nigeria’s existence as a nation,
By Raymond Ekemini As the strike by members of the Joint Health Sector Union, JOHESU which started on the 16th of November 2014, enters its third month, medical students in the University of Calabar have cried out about the adverse effect of the strike on their academics. Speaking to the our reporter, some of the
By Jonathan Ugbal Miss. Perpetua Adie, a 200 level undergraduate in the Department of Mass Communication, Mauriv Institute of Management and Technology, Akwa Ibom State who recently emerged as Miss Northern Cross River 2014/2015 has stressed the need for sex education especially for the girl child and genuine youth empowerment as a means of making