By CrossRiverWatch Admin Cross River Governor, Ben Ayade has lamented the death of one – time Military Administrator of the old Rivers State (now Rivers and Bayelsa States), Brigadier General Anthony Ukpo (rtd). General Ukpo who was also a former Minister of Information died on Monday, days after his sister passed away in the United
Chuks Okocha writes that the defection of Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress, was a declaration of political war on former Governors Donald Duke and Liyel Imoke ahead of the 2023 general election. Since the return of democracy in 1999, clinching political power in
By News Agency of Nigeria The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has approved procedures for its fresh State congress in Cross River. The party disclosed this in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Kola Ologbondiyan, in Abuja on Friday. Ologbondiyan said that the approval was sequel to the
By Patrick Obia and Theresa Augustine The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and Association of Cross River Online Journalists (ACROJ) have synergized for better voters education in the State. The duo came to the understanding in a courtesy visit by ACROJ to INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Calabar. Stating the reason for the visit
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Our newsroom has just been informed that, Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State has assented to legislative and judiciary autonomy bills. More details later.
Joe Agi SAN, in the run up to the 2019 elections, told Cross Riverians that the reason he is arrogant to his friends within the political class in Cross River State, is because “you are all thieves.” The learned SAN, premised his conclusion on a previous privatization program of Cross River State assets where these
PART 1 The Cross River State Government, through Mr. John Odo, Chairman of the State’s Privatization Council, yesterday announced it’s readiness to sell over thirty Government concerns. According to the Council, Cross Riverians are to key into the initiative by referendum either online or by logging into www.crspc.org or getting the form from their various
Thomas Obi Tawo, popularly called General Iron, was illiterate; an unexposed young man with the tendencies of a small time criminal. He is dead; hunted down and killed disgracefully like a rat. A lot of people, including me, believe he deserved his end. But I think Gen. Iron was deceived unto his death. The political