By CrossRiverWatch Admin Listen To The Report A one-time Governor of Cross River State, Mr. Donald Duke has asked former Nigeria’s Vice President, Atiku Abubakar to abandon his presidential ambition. Mr. Abubakar who was the presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 general elections had declared his intention to contest again
By Patrick Obia Listen To The Report Stakeholders of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in Southern Cross River State are insisting on zoning the governorship seat as the race for the 2023 general elections draws nearer. The stakeholders, including aspirants, met on Friday at the Transcorp Hotel in Calabar where they deliberated on several issues
By Ogar Monday Listen To The Report A Federal High Court in Abuja has postponed judgment in a suit filed by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, asking it to remove Governor Ben Ayade from office. The court had fixed judgment on the case before Justice Taiwo in Court 7 for Friday, 25th March 2022, but
By Sylvia Akpan Prince Godswill O. Edward, in law to former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, has declared interest to run for the office of Governor of Cross River State, come 2023. He made his intentions clear through a resignation letter to his boss, Sen. Ben Ayade. The Abi Prince who was Special Adviser to the
By Archibong Jeremiah Ahead of the 2023 general elections in Nigeria and Cross River State in particular, stakeholders from the Southern Senatorial District have appealed to other districts (North and Central) to support the ‘Back-To-South’ agenda. Yesterday at a press briefing held in the Diamond hall of the Transcorp Hotels in Calabar, the State capital
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The just-concluded by-election in Ogoja/Yala Federal Constituency and Akpabuyo State Constituency recorded irregularities, CrossRiverWatch can authoritatively report. Our newsroom observed that vote-buying was rampant, security agents were compromised, civilians were brutalized and ballot papers were snatched at gunpoint. Watch “#CRSDecides2022 Diary Of Irregularities” below where sporadic shooting, ballot box snatching, vote-buying, and
By Leo Sobechi (Deputy Politics Editor) and Terhemba Daka, The Guardian Newspaper Resolves division over convention date Adopts consensus methodology for national chair APC ineligible to contest 2023 elections, PDP alleges After months of vacillation and doublespeak, the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) has officially allotted political offices, including the National Chairmanship and Presidential slots
By Anietie Akpan, The Guardian Newspaper The Cross River State’s National Assembly Caucus Chairman, Senator Gershom Bassey has promised to establish “Cross River State Security Trust Fund” in 2023, if elected as the governor of the State. It would be recalled that the Calabar-Oron waterways have not been safe in recent times, as onslaughts of