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
By Our Editorial Team The rescheduled General Elections are fixed for March 28th and April 11, 2015 throughout the country. The Presidential and National Assembly elections are billed to come up first on 28th of this month. In Cross River state, the various candidates who are flying the flags of their respective political parties in
By Ugani Elijah Obudu Local Government Council in Cross River State has signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU with the Cross River State Government’s SmartGov in a deal facilitated by the Growth and Employment in States, GEMS3 on improved approach to revenue collection using the Point of Sale (POS) machine within the council’s jurisdiction. The
By CrossRiverWatch admin The Special Adviser on Media and Publicity and Chief Press Secretary to the Cross River State Governor, Mr. Christian Ita, has reacted quickly to allegations by the opposition Labor party that the PDP led government in Cross River State should be held responsible for the upsurge of violence in the state, particularly
By CrossRiverWatch admin The Labor Party House of Representatives Candidate for Bakassi/Akpabuyo/Calabar South Federal Constituency in Cross River State, Hon. Dominic Aqua Edem, has been kidnapped by unknown gunmen. Hon. Aqua who is also a former Commissioner representing Cross River State in the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC was said to have been kidnapped at
Long before the Cross River State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party sounded the whistle to signal the commencement of its governorship campaign, Senator Ben Ayade was already considered by many as a presumptive governor merely awaiting a formal coronation on May 29. And by the time the campaign was finally flagged off on January
One of Nollywood Diva and Cross River State born actress, Shan George in this chat with us began by expressing her love for her home; which she said slowly but seriously that her “love for Cross River state and the whole Akwa/Cross is too much”. It was on the occasion of the auditioning of her
By Aplefe Ojong One of the three Senators from Akwa Ibom state, Senator Ita Enang has disclosed that the then authority of the University of Calabar had had him rusticated for his roles in the then Students Union Government of the school. Senator Enang who made this known at the commissioning of a Law Library