By Patrick Obia Listen To The Report Doyen Bar Chairman, Barr. Attah Ochinke and his predecessor, Barr. Paul Ebiala, Mr. Peter Akpanke, and Hon. Bassey Ewa has won the PDP ticket to represent their constituents as legislators. Ochinke, a former Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice during the Sen. Liyel Imoke’s administration polled 27 votes against
By Odue Gloria Our newsroom has just confirmed that it was a false alarm that there was an attempt to kidnap the resident (name yet to be confirmed) in satellite town, Calabar Municipality in Cross River State. The incident supposedly occurred occurred penultimate Wednesday at about 10:30 pm. Contrary to an earlier report that the kidnappers
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Ntufam Ekpo Okon has returned to his former political party, People’s Democratic Party, PDP. Ntufam Ekpo decamped from the ruling All Progressive Party, APC, 6 days ago in a letter to his Ward Chairman. See letter below:
By Deborah Obot The Cross River State government says it has approved the use of the U. J Esuene sports stadium for the campaign organization of President Muhammadu Buhari. Mr. Buhari is scheduled to take his reelection campaign to Calabar, the Cross River State capital on Wednesday, January 30, 2018. And, the Chairman of the
By Itiunbe Atunka and Odey Ojeka The People Democratic Party (PDP) in Cross River State has rounded up its statewide visit to aggrieved members with a call for them to remain in the party. After the party’s primaries, CrossRiverWatch gathered that the Governor, Senator Ben Ayade had constituted a reconciliation team headed by former Deputy
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Mr. Ekpo Okon, the running mate of Senator John Owan-Enoh, a factional gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Cross River State for the 2019 general elections has said his principal is determined to make a difference in the State. Mr. Okon stated this when he was formally presented to
By Margaret John And Mary Umani Mr. Ekpo Okon, PDP Southern Cross River Senatorial aspirant has denied allegations that he masterminded an attack on his opponent, Senator Gershom Bassey. Speaking to CrossRiverWatch TV over the weekend, Mr. Ekpo described the accusation by his opponent as baseless maintaining that “Gershom is only trying to get public
By Jeremiah Archibong and Emmanuel Unah The Senator representing the southern senatorial district in Cross River State was on Wednesday attacked by thugs following a stalemate in the primaries to select who will be the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 general elections. Mr. Bassey is squaring up with a former