By John Ushie Former Commissioner for Works, Cross River State, Legor Idagbo has won the rescheduled PDP primary for Obudu/Obanlikwu/Bekwarra Federal Constituency held today at the Ogoja council hall. Our reporter who was on the ground say Legor Idagbo pulled 92 votes to beat his close rival, Dr. Amake from Obanlikwu who scored 7 votes
By Laureta Akpan Hon. Daniel Asuquo, (Dansuki) representing Akamkpa/Biase Federal Constituency in the House of Representative has again won the PDP ticket to fly the party’s flag in the forth coming general elections in the come 2015. CrossRiverWatch gathered that the incumbent House of Reps member advanced closer to returning to the lower House when
By Aplefe Ojong Report coming out from the Ogoja/Yala Federal Constituency say that there was actually no contest in yesterday’s primaries in the constituency. This is because the people of the area decided to settle for a consensus candidate in the person of Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe for the House of Representatives slot for the area.
By Our Editorial Team The so-called internal democracy of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) all over the country and in Cross River State in particular is once again passing through another litmus test as the party primaries for the National Assembly are and governorship are going on across the country. In Cross River state which
By Azogor Ideba Hon Bassey Eko Ewa yesterday emerged as the Peoples’ Democratic Party’s candidate for the forthcoming coming House of Representatives Abi/Yakurr Federal Constituency election. He pulled a total of 88 votes out of 89 votes cast in the primary which saw Hon Francis Etta, the immediate past Chairman of Abi Local Government earning
By Jonathan Ugbal Reports reaching CrossRiverWatch indicate that Eta Mbora, a former Deputy Speaker of the Cross River State House of Assembly has emerged the PDP flag bearer in yesterday’s Calabar Municipality/Odukpani Federal Constituency PDP primaries elections. Eta Mbora scored 48 votes to beat incumbent Nkoyo Toyo with a slim margin, as she scored 40
By Jonathan Ugbal In a bid to prepare youths for leadership challenges and electoral conflict mitigation, members of Partners for Peace, P4P Cross River State Chapter recently concluded a one day seminar/workshop in Calabar with a theme centered on youths and electoral violence. In a welcome address, the Cross River State coordinator of Partners
By Aplefe Ojong Information reaching CrossRiverWatch at exactly 10.00pm, Saturday indicates that the National Assembly primaries could not take place in the Obudu/Obanliku/Bekwarra Federal Constituency. This is because the list of delegates could not be reconciled between the camp of Mr. Goddy Jedy Agba and that of the governor’s sponsored aspirant, Senator Ben Ayade. CrossRiverWatch