By CrossRiverWatch Admin Donald Duke was a former Governor of Cross River State between 1999 and 2007, and the presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party in the 2019 election. In this interview with MUDIAGA AFFE and MOBOLA SADIQ, the 58-year-old law graduate of the Ahmadu Bello University Zaria talks about his foray into politics
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The year 2019 is coming to an end and the N1.043 trillion “Budget of Qabalistic Densification” in Cross River State has not witnessed up to 10 per cent implementation. Last week, Governor Ben Ayade presented the “Budget of Olimpotic Meristemasis” for 2020 which is N100 billion higher than that of last year
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Civil society organisations have called on President Muhammadu Buhari not to allow detained activists Omoyele Sowore, Olawale Bakare and Agba Jalingo to spend New Year in custody. The groups made the appeal while submitting a petition to the Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, Uche Secondus, in Abuja on Friday. The groups also
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The secret trial of Agba Jalingo, a CrossRiverWatch editor-in-chief and human rights activist stalled again on Wednesday after the defense counsel asked for a short date to respond on points of law to three counter affidavits filed by the prosecuting counsel, Dennis Tarhemba. The defense had filed two applications; bail and for
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Another Cross River Broadcasting Corporation (CRBC) staff has been abducted in Calabar, Cross River State capital, barely one year when a staff was kidnapped. Mrs. Glory Otu, Assistant Director, Monitoring Unit CRBC, was kidnapped on Monday, November 25, 2019, at about 9pm in her residence at Edim Otop, Calabar Municipality Local Government
By Patrick Obia, Ololo Kelvin and Ginini Ikpete The Chairman of Cross River State Independent Electoral Commission (CROSSIEC), Dr. Ushie Michael Anake, has revealed that the reason why Local Government election has not conducted in the State since Ayade administration came onboard in 2015. According to him in a press conference this afternoon in his
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The management of online newspaper CrossRiverWatch says it is contemplating a Court action against the Nigerian Correctional Service after the Cross River State command stopped all visitation to it’s publisher, Agba Jalingo who is remanded at the medium security custodial center in Calabar. The News Editor, Mr. Jonathan Ugbal made this known
By Patrick Obia Report has it that four houses, three cars and a laundry shop was on Tuesday 26th November, 2019 gutted by fire at Mount Zion by Uwanse, Calabar South LGA of Cross River State, due to a electric fault which eventually resulted to spark. The outbreak which happened at 2pm in the day