By Laureta Akpan Politicians in Nigeria have been called upon to redirect their priorities from self to a greater focus for the overall development of the country and the good of the people. The first United Nations Positive Livelihood Award Center, UN-POLAC Award winner from Cross River State, and NNPC Stock Accounting Officer, Port Harcourt,
Re: Ndoma Egba Sour Grapes: The Limit Of Desperate Political Moves BY NEJI AFOR My attention has been drawn to a piece by one Neji Afor published in an online medium, CrossRiverWatch in which he made very wild allegations in an attempt to cast aspersions on my person and the integrity of the Senate leader,
By Mudiaga Afe The Resident Electoral Commissioner in Cross River State, Mr. Mike Igini, on Wednesday decried the non-collection of 261,416 Permanent Voters Cards by registered voters across the various local government areas of the state. He said it was worrisome that despite the huge publicity and mobilization carried out by the commission in conjunction
By Laureta Akpan Information reaching CrossRiverWatch indicate that at least five members of the Cross River State Executive Council, SEC will be leaving the council this week to concentrate on their election campaigns. The five which include Commissioners and Special Advisers from the northern part of the state who are eyeing the governorship are Mr.
It is important I clearly state the following to enable the reader understand my objectivity and professional opinion in this commentary. I am not a member of PDP, APC or any other political party. I don’t know or claim to know any of the Congressmen mentioned herein, and do not in the present or in
These are indeed troubling times in the camp of distinguished Senator Victor Ndoma Egba (SAN), the embattled senator whose vaunted ambition is to represent Cross River Central for life. The well choreographed public image of the Senator took a direct hit recently when his hatchet men and surrogates threw caution to the wind by bringing
Not a few Cross Riverians have lamented the apparent lack of activity, almost apathy that is surprisingly becoming the strange signature tune of Cross River state in the run up to the 2015 election. Could it be that we are no longer interested in politics and it’s outcomes? Of course not. No state in Nigeria
By Raymond Ekemini Following the violence that rocked the election of the Students Union Government Executives in the University of Calabar last month, the school has announced that it is now set to re-conduct the botched election, but this time, online. Briefing the students at the first ever town hall meeting of the University, the