This is a keynote presentation by the National President of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Comrade Chris Isiguzo in a 2-day (7- 10 November 2022) training on Conflict Sensitive Reporting, 2023 General Elections And Countering Fake News in Port Harcourt for journalists and civic space actors. The training is organized by the Centre for Democracy and
By Archibong Jeremiah Cross River State Chapter of the Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) has committed to working with the Vote Not Fight, Election No Be War campaign team to ensure the forthcoming general elections are peaceful and participatory. The State Chairman of IPAC, Mr. Anthony Attah Bissong who played host to the State Technical Committee
By Jonathan Ugbal A Federal High Court sitting in Calabar and presided over by Justice Rosemary Dugbo Oghoghorie on Thursday nullified the Primaries of the All Progressives Congress, APC for the Yala 2 State Constituency, thereby sacking lawmaker, Honorable Cynthia Nkasi as the candidate of the party and barring her publication as a candidate for
By Jonathan Ugbal A Federal High Court sitting in Calabar and presided over by Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu has dismissed the suit instituted by Victoria Otanya Odey seeking, among other prayers, the nullification of the primaries that produced Honorable Regina Anyogo as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC for the Yala 1 State constituency
By Patrick Obia The Cross River State gubernatorial candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) for the 2023 general elections, Mr. Effiong Nyong has unveiled his manifesto hinged on what he termed three ‘Rs’ – Reconciliation, Restructuring, and Restoration. While presenting the manifesto to the management of CrossRiverWatch during a visit to the head office
By Archibong Jeremiah The Cross River State Civil Society Network has endorsed the Vote Not Fight, Election No Be War Campaign. The Convener of the network, Leader Ben Usang committed to supporting the campaign when the Vote Not Fight, Election No Be War Campaign State Technical Committee paid him an advocacy visit on Saturday at
By Mary Bassey The Governor of Cross River State, Sen. Ben Ayade has approved the appointment of 599 appointees in the last nine days, without designations. Mr. Ayade had on October 17, 2022 approved the appointment of 379 and, on Tuesday 25 October, he further approved another 220, also without designation bringing a total of
By Jonathan Ugbal Justice Rosemary Dugbo Oghoghorie of the Calabar division of the Federal High Court has struck out a criminal case filed by the Federal Government against the House of Representatives candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, for the Obudu/Obanliku/Bekwarra federal constituency in the 2023 general elections, Mr. Peter Akpanke, and four others.