by crossriverwatch admin I have stated in an earlier write-up on events unfolding towards a post-Imoke era in Cross River State that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) caucus system will confer the advantage of producing the party’s flagbearer more on Senator Liyel Imoke’s camp than the Ndoma-Egba/Jedy Agba camp. And, if the grapevine is anything
by crossriverwatch admin As date for People’s Democratic Party (PDP) primaries for the 2015 General Elections is fast closing in, the ruling party in Cross River has started holding nocturnal and close door meetings in isolated locations that would attract less suspicion and puck-nosing from newsmen. One of those secret meetings was convened on Friday,
by crossriverwatch admin As the Transformation Ambassadors of Nigeria, a political group campaigning for a second term for President Jonathan holds its South South Zonal Rally in Port Harcourt today, the largesse they gave to Local Government Chairmen in Cross River for mobilization is creating ripples between the LG bosses and the Commissioner for Local
by crossriverwatch admin The Chairman of Abi Local Government Council Mrs. Edith Amadi has stated that the development of Abi women through skills acquisition and capacity building was a cardinal agenda of her administration. Hon Amadi stated this recently in her office in Itigidi, Abi Council Headquarters when she received the National Council for Women
by crossriverwatch admin Nigeria has been described as a Country consistent irresistible large appetite for ceding its southern minorities territories without taking into consideration the feelings of the natives. The former member, Cross River House of Assembly from Boki, and a chieftain of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in the State, Hon. Cletus Obun made
by crossriverwatch admin The blatant ceding of Bakassi Peninsula to Cameroon and the display of insensitivity and refusal to right the wrong done to the people has been described as a time bomb that is ticking away, awaiting a generation that may get back their right by non peaceful means. Chairman, Board of Niger Delta
by crossriverwatch admin Being the paper delivered by the Guest Lecturer, Professor Akin Oyebode, Head Department of International Law and Jurisprudence, University of Lagos, Akoka at the 2nd Year Anniversary Lecture of CrossRiverWatch at the Transcorp Hotel in Calabar on August, 27 2014. Introduction: The struggle over the Bakassi Peninsula by Nigeria and Cameroon is
by crossriverwatch admin The Coalition of Cross River North Peace and Unity Initiative has urged the Northern Cross River Caucus of the PDP led by Chief Linus Okom, popularly known as Ada Bekwara to provide a level playing ground for all aspirants to Peregrino House in 2015. In a communiqué from a recent meeting in