by Punch Chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and other financial matters, Senator Bassey Otu on Saturday disagreed with a former presidential aide, Senator Florence Ita-Giwa, on the strength of the newly formed All Progressive Congress. While Otu said the merger would soon crumble, Ita-Giwa argued that it would bring about stiff competition
by Vanguard Justice Adamu Bello of a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, Monday, declined to sack Governor Liyel Imoke of Cross River State from office. The Court further dismissed the suit which was entered against the Governor by candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, in the last governorship election in the state,
by crossriverwatch admin Cross River Lawyer and Human Rights Activist, Chief Obono Obla was one of those that made the membership of one of the three sub-committees that were inaugurated today by the newly formed All Progressive Congress APC, to complete the processes for the consummation of the merger. Obla who has been a member
by crossriverwatch admin An eighteen member delegation of executive members of the ruling People Democratic Party PDP, led by the chairman of the party in the state, Ntufam John Okon, last week went on a consultation meeting, with members of the national assembly caucus, which a federal lawmaker from the state has described as “more
by crossriverwatch admin Mr. Eddy Achi, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chapter Chairman in Yala Local Government Area has said the era of politics of factions and fragmentation has come to an end in Yala as he in his capacity as chapter Chairman in the area would not condone the politics of division and bitterness.
by crossriverwatch admin The once cordial relationship between the chairman of Calabar South Local Government Area, Mr. Ekeng Henshaw, and his police orderly, Matthew Ibor, has collapsed irretrievably following allegation by the policeman that his boss has diabolical plans against those opposed to his second term bid. Under the plan as revealed by the police
by crossriverwatch admin The Conference of Nigerian Political Parties, CNPP, in Cross River State has threatened to drag the Cross River State House of Assembly to Court in the next two weeks of officials of the state government do not tell crossriverians where the governor is and what is wrong with his health. The state
Culled from Sunday Independent Victor Ndoma-Egba, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), is currently the Majority Leader of the Senate. The three-term senator representing Cross River Central, in this engaging encounter with SUNDAY INDEPENDENT, speaks on many issues of national importance. Excerpts…. With the move of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) to stop local government