By Bassey Inyang The Governor of Cross River State, Liyel Imoke, wants the federal government to speedily complete the ongoing renovation, expansion and remodelling of the Margaret Ekpo International Airport, Calabar. Imoke made the call when he received the National President, Air Transport Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (ATSSAN), Mr. Okewu Benjamin Sunday and other
By Elijah Ogani The Obudu Legislative Council has threatened to pass a Resolution calling for the transfer of all Principal Officers of Obudu Local Government Council if the late payment of their salaries and those of political appointees persist. In its plenary Session held on Tuesday, the Legislative Council expressed deep dismay over the persistence
By Kennedy Nsan Ahead of 2015 general elections, and in line with the endorsement of Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba for a record fourth term into the upper legislative chambers of the National Assembly by several interest groups, professionals, youths and students in the Cross River Central Senatorial District, leaders and political stakeholders in Ikom State Constituency
By Sylvia Etta The All Progressives Congress, APC, may have expelled nine members in its Cross River state chapter for alleged constitutional breaches and disloyalty to the party. The nine members were said to have dragged the party to court as a fall out of last June’s state congress of the party. They had also
By Archibong Jeremiah Comrade Cosmos Okiri a native of Ukwutia village in Utugwang North ward of Obudu, and an aspirant for the Obudu constituency ticket in the Cross River State House of Assembly, CRSHA. In this interview with CrossRiverWatch, he says that the ruling People’s Democratic Party, PDP needs to inject more fresh blood into
By Laureta Akpan The Cross River State chapter of the ruling PDP has raked in a total of N115million from the sale of Intent and Administrative Data Forms to aspirants intending to contest election on the platform of the party in the forthcoming 2015 general election. Findings by CrossRiverWatch at the PDP state secretariat show
By Sylvia Etta The PDP in Cross River has declared that there will be no automatic ticket for aspirants intending to use its platform to run for elective positions in 2015 general elections. The State Chairman of PDP, Mr John Okon, said this in Calabar when Rep. John Owan-Enoh visited the state secretariat of the
By Oluwakemi Dauda The crisis generated by the award of the N20 billion Calabar channel contract by the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) to Calabar Channel Management Limited (CCM), a joint venture of NPA and a firm owned by a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senator is not over, it was learnt. Some of the firms that