By Aplefe Ojong The dust raised by the memo issued by the Director General, of Cross River State Bureau of Public Private Partnership, Francis Ntamu requesting key stakeholders to a meeting with the bureau and the prospective investor interested in the Cross River State Newspaper Corporation, publishers of the Nigerian and Weekend Chronicle today Tuesday,
By Aplefe Ojong The kidnapped Labour Party, LP candidate for the Calabar South/Akpabuyo/Bakassi Federal Constituency, in the forthcoming election Hon. Dominic Aqua Edem, who was kidnapped by last week by unknown gunmen has finally been released by his captors, CrossRiverWatch can now authoritatively inform you. Personal Assistant to the released Akpabuyo born politician, Maxwell, when
By CrossRiverWatch admin Senator Ben Ayade, the Peoples Democratic Party governorship flag bearer in the April 11 election in Cross River State, has continued to maintain a lead in the second round count of the CrossRiverWatch governorship opinion poll ongoing on the website after gaining additional 4% and moving from 51% to 55% in the
By Uduak Pepple With barely six days to the forthcoming general elections nationwide the youths of Cross River State have been admonished to use their votes as their greatest weapon, and to guard it and prefer it to the bullet or violence as the state has been known for it’s peaceful atmosphere over the years.
By CrossRiverWatch admin A man named, Elewana Godwin of River Basin Authority, 8 Miles Calabar has been accused of shooting a 22 year old boy, Douglas Ojugbo on March 10, 2015, for allegedly sulking his daughter. Some neigbours who were physically terrified and only managed to talk to CrossRiverWatch about the incident, after begging not
By Aplefe Ojong The Federal High Court 6 sitting in Maitama, Abuja and presided over by Justice Adetokunbo Ademola (Jr.) on Friday March 20, 2015 declined jurisdiction in a case filed by Joe Agi (SAN) against the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the PDP gubernatorial candidate in the April
By CrossRiverWatch admin Generational Voices (GenVoices) is partnering with British Council and Enough is Enough (EiE) to deliver a Citizens’ Debate on the upcoming elections in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. This will be facilitated through GenVoices’ conversational platform called Gentalks. This builds on the extensive work that GenVoices and its partners have done
By Archibong Jeremiah The newly reintroduced stop and search operation by the Police in Cross River State has returned with its attendant challenge of extortion by policemen at different check points that they have erected around Calabar and environs. It will be recalled that in a recent courtesy call to the State Governor’s office, the