By Ben Aro, The Whistler Some politicians attempt to influence voting ahead of the 2023 general elections in many ways. They include asking voters to submit their Permanent Voters’ Cards, bank accounts, bank verification numbers, and even photographs. Against this background, the Catholic Diocese of Nsukka, under its Justice, Development and Peace Commission, recently kick-started
In this investigation by Ogar Monday, CrossRiverWatch has uncovered a scheme by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and its major rival, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) aimed at outsmarting the Independent National Election Commission in the 2023 general election. Their agents collected the identification number on voter cards and bank details of eligible voters. Lebo
By Jonathan Ugbal The Speaker of the ninth Cross River State House of Assembly, Honorable Eteng Jones Williams has won the senatorial rerun primaries of the All Progressives Congress, APC in the central senatorial district. The rerun was necessitated by an order of the Abuja division of the Federal High Court, presided over by Justice
By Jonathan Ugbal Nigerian journalist and activist, Citizen Agba Jalingo has said that those preventing presidential candidates in the 2023 general elections from partaking in debates and shielding them from asking questions should be viewed as enemies of democracy. Jalingo, who is the Editor-in-Chief of CrossRiverWatch stated this while speaking on Arise Television’s flagship program,
By Etido Okon And Jarigbe Isaac The All Progressive Congress (APC), Cross River State chapter will tomorrow Saturday 17, 2022 conduct the central senatorial district rerun primary election. Justice Fadimatu Aminu of the Federal High Court, Abuja, last week declared the APC’s senatorial primary which produced the Speaker of the Cross River State House of
By Elijah Akoji, SolaceBase This investigation by SolaceBase reveals an attempt by the main opposition political party in Kano State, the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP), to compromise the 2023 general election by recruiting party agents for the collection of voters’ card data and a picture of the voters’ card of Nigerians, particularly in rural communities.
By Patrick Obia Ahead of the 2023 general elections, youths have been charged to be vibrant in politics, and not to sit aloof on the fence because they are the deciding factor in every election. This was the charge at the second edition of the Cross River State Youth Convention of the National Youth Council
By Patrick Obia Stakeholders and deforestation activists in Cross River State have called on the electorates not to vote for any candidate not ready to protect the forests and other natural reserves. The admonition was from a one-day multi-stakeholder conference with a focus on ending deforestation in Cross River State, organized by We The People