by crossriverwatch admin In line with the provisions of the 1999 Federal Constitution and the subsisting Electoral Act, the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) is expected to conduct another round of general elections in Nigeria early in 2015. So much has been said about the forth-coming polls in 2015 to the extent that most analysts believe
by crossriverwatch admin The Federal Road Maintenance Agency FERMA, Cross River State has appealed commuters and other federal road users in the state to exercise patience with the condition of federal roads in the state at present, assuring that before June 2014, all the pot holes would have been fixed. Engineer Bassey Ukpong, Head of
by crossriverwatch admin Mr. Jerigba Jerigba, Chairman, Subsidy Re-investment and Empowerment Program in Cross River, has said that the agency has trained no fewer than 75 supervisors under its Community Service Scheme. Jerigba made this disclosure in Calabar during a workshop organized for them in Southern Cross River on ‘Monitoring and Evaluation of CSS projects’
by crossriverwatch admin There is apparently a crack in the Cross River State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP over the part of the State the governorship candidate in the 2015 general election of the Party should come from. In December, 2013, the Causus of the Party after a meeting in the Government House,
by crossriverwatch admin The Jedy Solidarity Movement, JSM has commended Governor Liyel Imoke for not succumbing to pressure to anoint his successor come 2015. Governor Imoke had during a visit by the State’s Elders’ Consultative Forum to the Government House Calabar recently said he was particularly disturbed by pressure from some people urging him to
by crossriverwatch admin Ex-Militants operating under the umbrella of Bakassi Freedom Fighters (BFF) have threatened to resume hostilities in the Bakassi Water Ways for allegedly being excluded from the ongoing Federal government amnesty training as well as the non-payment of monthly stipends. The ex-militants numbering over 100 staged a protest at the Government House Calabar
by crossriverwatch admin Senate Leader, Senator Victor Ndoma Egba has said no fewer than nine gubernatorial aspirants have consulted him to lend his support to their aspirations as the road to 2015 governorship election draw nearer. Responding to questions of the allegation that he took one of the governoship aspirant from the Northern part of
by crossriverwatch admin One of Nigeria’s headline rapper and musician, Okekechukwu, popularly known as “Nigga Raw” has donated to Mrs. Imoke’s Destiny Child project. Abia state born Nigga Raw as he is popularly known is undoubtedly Nigeria’s pioneer of rap lyrics in indigenous ‘Igbo Language’ and has been in the music industry for more than