by crossriverwatch admin A Cross River State High Court in Calabar has issued a final warning to the State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Attah Ochinke for failing to carry out the Court order to publish the report of the Dr. Ambrose Akpanika led Administrative Panel of Enquiry into the succession tussle for
by crossriverwatch admin The need for leaders at various levels to emulate prophet Ibrahim who fulfilled the promise he made to Allah has been advocated. Chief Imam of the Eastern Naval Command Mosque, Calabar, Imam Muhammed Zakariyah made this admonition in Calabar during the 2013 Eid-il-Kabir celebrations. Zakariyah said Nigerian leaders should emulate Prophet Ibrahim
by crossriverwatch admin The Chairman of the Cross River Independent State Electoral Commission (CROISEC), Patrick Otu, has denied allegations that he called APC chieftain, Obono Obla, to say that the PDP led state government was pressuring him to bar the APC from contesting. Following protests by the All progressives Congress (APC) that the recently concluded
by crossriverwatch admin To build up consensus across the state towards backing Senator Liyel Imoke, the Cross River State governor to achieve a smooth succession plan in 2015, leading PDP figures in the Central Senatorial District of the state on Sunday resolved to back the governor on his choice of a successor. The meeting which
by crossriverwatch admin Two members of the Federal House of Representatives from Cross River State, Hon. Owan Eno representing Ikom/Obubra Federal Constituency and Bassey Ewa representing Abi/Yakurr Federal Constituency have both denied having any link with the Baraja faction of the ruling People’s Democratic Party nPDP. Owan Eno who is also the Chairman of the
by crossriverwatch admin A socio political group in Calabar, Movement For Democratic Equity, MDE has urged the people of Cross River State to support the Northern Senatorial District to produce the next governor of the State. The newly formed group stated this in Calabar while on a courtesy call to the Chairman of the Nigeria
by crossriverwatch admin The Director of Church and Society of the Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria, Reverend Father Evaristus Bassey has warned that, Nigeria as a country should be considered as paramount and bigger than individuals seeking to be President by 2015 and called for a second thought on the continued over heating of the polity
by crossriverwatch admin The recent pronouncement by the Governor of Cross River State, Senator Liyel Imoke to the people of the state on the kind of person that will succeed him has been creating ripples within political circles in the State. The governor while speaking on a live television program “2 Hours with the Governor”