By Jonathan Ugbal/Elijah Ugani Election is in the air, just about everyone is talking about it right from clergymen to the hardened criminals, whether they steal by the pen or arms and from professors in classrooms to market traders under the sun, shades and rain. Whether the above is the reality of Aristotle’s postulation that
By CrossRiverWatch admin The Association of Cross River Online Journalists, ACROJ has admonished Cross Riverians to see today’s election as an opportunity to elect responsible and proactive leaders who have the capacity to reawaken the greatness of our country and to shun all forms of violence before, during and after the election. In a statement
By Cosmos Obi In preparation for the general election, the Cross River State Police command assisted by other security agencies in the state have put together a robust and elaborate security arrangement to ensure free, fair, credible and violence free election in Cross River State. This was made known through a press release signed by
By CrossRiverWatch admin Less than 24 hours to the March 28 presidential poll, Senate Leader, Victor Ndoma-Egba (SAN), has urged Nigerians to vote for President Goodluck Jonathan and his deputy, Namadi Sambo, based on verifiable achievements. Senator Ndoma-Egba also urged the people of Cross River State and indeed, all Nigerians, to vote massively for Jonathan
By CrossRiverWatch admin The political base of the PDP candidate for the Obudu/Obanlikwu/Bekwara Federal Constituency, Barrister Legor Idagbo, swelled yesterday with the decision of former spokesman of the ruling PDP, Barrister Venatius Ikem to join forces with the Bekwara born politician in Saturday’s election. The joining of forces by the duo is perceived by many
By Our Correspondent The Cross River State Government has dismissed a newspaper report which puts the state’s total debt profile at N400 Billion as fiction. The government also described the report which claims the state is the most indebted in the country as misleading and false. A statement issued in Calabar on Monday and signed
By Our Correspondent Hausa community resident in Cross River State, yesterday declared their support for all the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, candidates including Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan in the Saturday Presidential and National Assembly elections. The position of the group was made known during an interactive town hall meeting with Governor Liyel Imoke, PDP candidates
By Aplefe Ojong CrossRiverWatch has authoritatively gathered that the Labor Party candidate for the House of Representatives for Calabar South/Akpabuyo/Bakassi Federal Constituency who was recently released by his captors was seriously brutalized by the kidnappers. A CrossRiverWatch source who paid a visit to his Ekorinim home reports that Hon. Edem was inflicted with several injuries