By Efa Sunday, Margaret John And Deborah Obot The Association of Cross River Online Journalists (ACROJ) has ended a one-day capacity building training for it’s members on ‘Election Reporting Skills’, in preparedness for the upcoming elections in 2019. The workshop which took place on Thursday at Adsuit Hotel Calabar, had in attendance Head of Voters
By Andy Mba-Ukweni The member representing Ogoja/Yala federal constituency in the National Assembly, Honorable Jarigbe Agom has said that “Some people from Southern and Central senatorial districts of Cross River state are trying to insult the sensibilities of the Northern Cross River man.” He went on to deny insinuations that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
By Kelvin Ololo And Patrick Obia A legal practitioner, Barrister Gabriel Iki, has disagreed with the position of the All Progressives Congress APC, in Cross River state that it was PDP that introduced zoning into Cross River politics and APC was not bound to continue with it. The state spokesperson of APC, Mr. Bassey Ita,
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Some youths in Cross River State have peacefully protested and barricaded the State People’s Democratic Party (PDP) secretariat in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. Amidst heavy Police presence and gunshots, the PDP members were visibly angry as they protested against the automatic return ticket the leadership of the party recently announced
By Efa Sunday Chief Edem Duke, former Minister for Culture, Tourism and Orientation has joined the governorship race to unseat Senator Ben Ayade of Cross River State. Declaring over the weekend at the APC State Secretariat, Duke maintained that he’s not impressed with the current happenings in the State and wants to liberate Cross Riverians.
By Ilam Patricia The All Progressive Congress Publicity Secretary, Cross River State chapter, Mr. Bassey Ita has called on Cross Riverians to “have an eye for quality leaders in the course of electing representatives during the 2019 election.” Mr. Bassey made the call on air Sunday in Calabar where he maintained that “lack of quality
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The task of State building from the very earliest times, has had the misfortune of always being hijacked by slimmy opportunists. From the time when statehood itself was still very nascent, philosophers began to propound variegated ways for majority of the people in society to always put such inordinate ambition in check.
The good people of Obudu lost the member representing the Obudu State Constituency in the Cross River State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Stephen Ukpukpen, to the cold hands of death in the second quarter of 2018. Stephen Ukpukpen was laid to rest on Saturday, July 28th 2017 in his village, Bedia in Obudu Local