by crossriverwatch admin An expanded Zonal Executive Committee meeting of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, rose on Friday in Calabar with a pledge to support President Goodluck Jonathan in his 2015 re-election quest. The meeting which had in attendance top functionaries of the party at both elective and appointive positions held at the Cross River
by crossriverwatch admin The most reasonable thing to do in Cross River State is ultimately for the baton of leadership to shift from Central to Northern Senatorial District if the desired and most yearned balance must be achieved except otherwise we the people of Cross River State are not focused and also do not believe
by crossriverwatch admin By Okoi Obono Obla We cannot afford to continue to tolerate the politics of prostitution, chicanery and opportunism that has become the bane of our political system especially in the APC. This is why when you tell somebody that you are a politician you are immediately seen as a charlatan, reprobate and
by crossriverwatch admin The last meeting of the Actors Guild of Nigeria, AGN in Cross River State ended in a deadlock following disagreements by members over the Guild’s President, Ibinabo Fiberesima’s electoral framework for the state chapter billed for September this year. CrossRiverWatch gathered that the framework as presented to the meeting by the chapter
by crossriverwatch admin The newly registered All Progressives Congress (APC) in Cross River state has embarked on the harmonization of list of candidates vying for the September 21 local government elections in the state. Following the arrangement, the leadership of the three parties that merged into the APC, namely ACN, ANPP and CPC have constituted
by crossriverwatch admin The long silence over power tussle between the Chairman of Akamkpa Local government Area, Hon. Denis Nkiri and the Deputy Speaker of the Cross River State House of Assembly, Hon. Itaya Asuquo-Nyong was blown open recently in Akamkpa local government hall venue of the empowerment program organized by the chairman where the
by crossriverwatch admin The Northern Senatorial district of Cross River State is ready and united to produce the next governor of the state come 2015 as it is its turn to occupy the number one position of the state. Dr. Mathias Oko Offoboche, the deputy governor of the erstwhile Cross River state between 1979 and
by crossriverwatch admin Former Cross River State governor, Mr. Donald Duke, yesterday supported the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on the de-registration of unviable political parties. He told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that it did not make sense for parties which had no followers to remain registered. Duke was reacting to