By Aplefe Ojong Cross River State as a political entity among the comity of States in the Federation of Nigeria was created in 1967 as South Eastern state under the regime of Gen. Yakubu Gowon and later re-christened as Cross River state in 1976 by the Late Murtala Muhammed/Gen. Olusegun Obasanjo regime. In September 1987,
By Archibong Jeremiah In an exclusive interview with CrossRiverWatch, Fidel Egoro, 2015 governorship aspirant in Cross River State shared says he has been chosen by God to govern Cross River State. Excerpt: What are your chances of winning the election considering how far you have gone with your consultation? I have the brightest chances. For
By Obaji Akpet Sad moments struck the family of the Cross River chapter Chairman of the Actors Guild of Nigeria, AGN, Ms. Monica Udofia following the sudden demise of one of her brothers, Iniobong Udofia, 23. Iniobong died on Saturday, 27th September after a protracted kidney failure which lasted for more than a year. The
By Obaji Akpet Efforts are rife by Mountain Cinema Nigeria to relive the legacies of the great Scottish missionary woman, Mary Mitchell Slessor, who lived in Africa and affected the abrogation of the barbaric killing of twins in the continent. The movie and event organisation company, based in Cross River, announced plans to hold an
By Archibong Jeremiah Members of the Akpabuyo Caucus of the ruling People Democratic Party, PDP in Cross River State have rejected the party’s southern senatorial district questionnaire/score sheet headlined: “Criteria for screening governorship aspirants” which was handed to caucus members to rate the governorship aspirants in the 2015 election. At the chapter’s screening of the
By Our Correspondent Cross River governorship aspirant and immediate past Special Adviser to Senator Imoke on Investments Promotion, Mr. Gerald Ada, has commenced intervention efforts at the very terrible Okpogrinya junction along the Ikom-Ogoja section of the Calabar-Ogoja-Katsina Ala federal highway. When the CrossRiverWatch and calitown.com crew passed through the road to cover the Cross
By Sylvia Etta Honorable Emmanuel Ibeshi, the first elected National Publicity Secretary of PDP and 2015 governorship aspirant in Cross River State has promised that if he is given the chance to occupy Peregrino House in 2015, he will not wait for the federal government before alleviating the grueling pains that commuters are enduring on
By Our Correspondent The Cross River state Government and the Deutsche Gesellshaft fuer Internationale Zusammenarbeit (German Agency for International Cooperation) GIZ, yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), to jointly improve sustainable access to electricity for rural communities in the state. The cooperation which is part of the Nigerian Energy Support Program (NESP) funded by