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Federal Government Hands Over COVID-19 Battle To States

By Bolaji Ogundele, The Nation Newspaper The Federal Government has pushed the battle to contain Coronavirus to States and communities, Chairman of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on the pandemic, Mr. Boss Mustapha, said on Sunday. According to him, the Federal Government will henceforth only provide supervision and coordination. Mustapha, the Secretary to the Government of

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Nigeria’s Ruling Party, APC, Accuses Local Media Of Underreporting Killings Under President Buhari’s Administration

By CrossRiverWatch Admin Nigeria’s ruling party, the All Progressives Congress, has accused the country’s media of not fairly reporting killings in the society. The party said that the number of killings that had occurred under the President Muhammadu Buhari administration was extremely higher than what was being reported in the media. The APC made the

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#CRSLGDECIDES: Despite Not Voting, Ayade’s PDP Sweeps Council Polls In Cross River

By Jonathan Ugbal The Cross River State Independent Electoral Commission has declared the results for the remaining eight local government areas in the just concluded local council elections. Governor Ben Ayade whose party, the People’s Democratic Party won the polls held amidst the COVID-19 scare, did not vote on Saturday. CrossRiverWatch had reported that the

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#CRSLGDecide: Ayade Yet To Vote, Low Voter Turnout Characterized Today’s Polls, Result Sheets Missing In Abi

By Archibong Jeremiah – Managing Editor, Jonathan Ugbal – News Editor, Patrick Obia – Reporter, Kelvin Ololo – Reporter, Godwin Otang – Reporter and Marylyn Uyanah – Reporter Governor Benedict Ayade of Cross River is yet to vote in the ongoing Local Government elections in the State. Mr. Ayade and his wife are registered in the

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#CRSLGDecide: PDP Agents Buying Votes For N500, Fight Rocks Some Polling Units Over Largesse

By Archibong Jeremiah – Managing Editor, Jonathan Ugbal – News Editor, Patrick Obia – Reporter, Kelvin Ololo – Reporter and Marylyn Uyanah – Reporter At Ward 4, unit 17 in Calabar Municipality Local Government Area, it is operation vote and get five hundred naira as it is in Ward 1, unit 14, same Local Government, with

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Pictures From Ongoing Local Government Election In Cross River State

By Archibong Jeremiah – Managing Editor, Jonathan Ugbal – News Editor, Patrick Obia – Reporter and Kelvin Ololo – Reporter Our newsroom has been monitoring the ongoing Local Government Election in Cross River State. Our reporters across the 18 LGAs of the State reports that voting has commenced. Generally, there’s low voters turnout across. Some

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LG Election: CROSIEC Vet Media, Deny ACROJ Accreditation

By Patrick Obia Cross River State Independent Electoral Commission (CROSIEC) has vetted media organizations in the State, while denying the Association of Cross River Online Journalists (ACROJ) accreditation to cover Saturday, May 30th Local Government election. ACROJ had on 24th December, 2020 sent a letter to CROSIEC for accreditation, which was collected and signed by a

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LG Election: Police Restricts Movement, Calls For Calm

By Archibong Jeremiah In view of the scheduled 2020 Local Government election slated for tomorrow, Saturday, 30 May across the the 18 Local Government Areas of Cross River State, movement has been restricted. The State Commissioner of Police, CP Uche Anozia, fsi in a press release “banned the movement of persons or group of persons between the

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