ADVERTORIAL PRESS RELEASE GOV. IMOKE IS INTIMIDATING AND INDUCING INEC OFFICIALS AND PARTY AGENTS TO CHANGE RESULTS! After the initial delay, following the malfunctioning of the newly introduced Card Reader, the first phase of the 2015 Elections has held despite all odds and we thank God that it went peacefully in many places. But with
By Aplefe Ojong The election in Etung local government took a violent turn yesterday as an unidentified supporter of one of the warring political parties in the local government was reportedly shot dead. The shooting was said to have occurred at a location called “station” in Etung Local Government Area of the State. CrossRiverWatch gathered
By CrossRiverWatch admin A CrossRiverWatch reporter yesterday caught a PDP polling agent on camera going to the voting cubicle to influence voters while other notable members were also seen boasting that PDP will sweep the polls in the state. The incident took place at St. Stephen’s Primary School, Obudu, behind Mega Hilton hotel, a stone
By Our Correspondent Cross River State governor, Senator Liyel Imoke has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to ensure that the failure that characterized yesterday’s Presidential and National Assembly election is avoided in the April 11 governorship and House of Assembly polls. Imoke, who gave the charge shortly after casting his vote at the
By Aplefe Ojong/Archibong Jeremiah/Okwo Kerry/Elijah Ugani The Presidential and National Assembly elections in Cross River State held across the state with reports of late arrival of materials and INEC officials as well as initial failure of the card reader. Our reporters who were scattered across the state say the process started with anxious voters waiting
By CrossRiverWatch admin It was a day of joy on Tuesday, 17th March in Akpabuyo Local government area on the occasion of the showcase of GEMS3 facilitated tax for service projects and graduation/empowerment of 141 women trained under the supervision of the women development unit of the LGA for the acquisition of various skills. The
By CrossRiverWatch admin With barely a few hours to the presidential election, the Buhari presidential campaign coordinator in Cross River State, Engineer U.Oko has decamped from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP) . Uko, who decamped with his supporters, pledged to mobilize support for the re-election of President Goodluck
By Archibong Jeremiah The Cross River State Chapter Chairman of Nigerian Institute of Surveyors, CRS-NIS, Dr. Gertrude Nnanjar Njar, in this exclusive interview with CrossRiverWatch in Calabar throws her weight behind the postponement of the general election as she called on Cross Riverians to shun all manner of violence in the forth coming general election