By CrossRiverWatch Listen To The Report As the date for political party primaries draws near, more drama is unfolding in the Cross River State All Progressive Congress, APC, as Senator Ben Ayade’s anointed candidate, Senator Bassey Otu was not cleared by the party’s Screening Committee. Meanwhile, Otu’s closest rivals Senator John Owan Enoh and Hon.
By The Parchment Listen To The Report Former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Usani Usani has dumped the All Progressives Congress, APC, to the People’s Redemption Party, PRP, this paper can report. Although he is yet to make his decision public, inside sources knowledgeable about the move told our reporter that the former Minister will
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Listen To The Report Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, a presidential aspirant under the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has asked Cross River PDP delegates to join him in restoring the party to power in the State. Atiku, who was in Calabar during the weekend to continue his nationwide consultation, said there is a need
By Mary Bassey Listen To The Report Fusion 196, a political support group in the All Progressives Congress, APC on Tuesday in Calabar pledged its support for guber aspirant, Senator Bassey Otu, saying it will reconcile with aggrieved party members. Senator Otu emerged as consensus candidate of the APC in a meeting presided over by
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Listen To The Report The wife of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Mrs. Aisha Buhari, and the Office of the National Women’s Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, headed by Dr. Betta Edu, during the weekend hosted about 700 APC female aspirants for different offices in the
By Patrick Obia and Sylvia Akpan Listen To The Report Gubernatorial aspirants in the All Progressives Congress, APC and the People’s Democratic Party, PDP in Cross River State have reacted differently to the meetings that reportedly produced a consensus candidate and aspirant respectively. Former lawmaker, Senator Bassey Otu emerged as APC consensus candidate in a
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The All Progressives Congress in Cross River State, APC on Monday settled for Sen. Bassey Otu as its consensus governorship candidate for the February 2023 general elections barely 24 hours after the stakeholders of the southern senatorial district adopted Sir Arthur Jarvis Archibong as their consensus aspirant. Senator Otu represented the Cross
By Anietie Akpan, The Guardian Newspaper Listen To The Report Tension is mounting in the Cross River State All Progressives Congress (APC) over the party’s inability to choose aspirants for the 2023 governorship race. Also, its final caucus meeting scheduled for yesterday was canceled. Already, the Victor Ndoma-Egba (SAN)-led seven-man committee assigned to prune the