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Award Gate: Obudu LG Chair on Collision Course With State PDP Chair as Group Petition EFCC

by crossriverwatch admin The political crises rocking Obudu Local Government is pitching the Chairman of the Council, Hon. Emmanuel Ikwen against the Cross River State Chairman of the ruling Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP. Crossriverwatch gathered that the refusal of the Obudu Legislative Council to reinstate the impeached Majority Leader of the House, Hon. Martin Orim

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APC is a Marraige of Strange Bed Fellows – Jeddy Agba

by crossriverwatch admin Cross River businessman and politician, KJ Jeddy Agba has dispelled insinuations that the yet to be registered All Progressives Congress, APC was a threat to the ruling People’s Democratic Party saying that the planned merger of leading opposition parties in the country lacked the might to demystify the PDP in coming elections.

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Cross River State Holds Local Govt Elections September

by crossriverwatch admin The time table unveiled by the Cross River State Electoral Commission today Monday, March 18, 2013, show that elections for the chairmen and Councillors positions in the eighteen council areas and the one hundred and ninety-six political wards of the state will hold on Saturday September 21, 2013. Unveiling the timetable for

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Political Violence Erupts in Yakurr Local Government

by crossriverwatch admin The intense struggle going on among the rank and file of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Yakurr Local Government Area of Cross River State for control of the Party took a violent turn this morning, when a group of thugs attacked the provision store and beer parlor belonging to a local

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Cross River Governorship Aspirant Fingered in Fake APC Saga

by crossriverwatch admin The veil on the true sponsors of a phantom group, African People’s Congress seeking to stop merging opposition political parties, All Progressives Congress, APC from being registered by INEC was today finally removed, exposing top ruling PDP leaders including a governorship hopeful from Cross River State as the brains behind the fake

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Take Bribe, Go to Jail – Mike Igini Warns New INEC Staff

by crossriverwatch admin Barrister Mike Igini, the Cross River State Independent Electoral Commissioner has warned twenty six newly recruited staff posted to the Cross River State Independent Electoral Commission to desist from any unwholesome activity because any of them caught taking bribe to compromise the outcome of election or any electoral activity in the state

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Award Gate: Obudu Deputy Leader Impeached, It’s a Joke – PDP

by crossriverwatch admin The Deputy Leader of the Obudu Legislative Council, Hon. Martin Orim, was today impeached by an overwhelming majority of eight out of ten members of the House. Only the Leader of the Legislative Council, Hon. Ugar Andeshi abstained from voting. Hon. Togo Fidelis of Utugwang North, while moving the motion for the

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Award Gate: Sen. Ayade Condemns Impeachment Moves Against Obudu LG Chair

by crossriverwatch admin The Senator representing Cross River North Senatorial District in the National Assembly,Senator Ben Ayade, has condemned moves by members of the Obudu Legislative Council to impeach Emmanuel Ikwen, the Chairman of the Local Government. In a telephone interview with crossriverwatch this afternoon, Senator Ayade said: “I cannot destroy what I built. Emma

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