By CrossRiverWatch Admin Ahead of party primaries and the 2019 general elections, concerns about the electoral processes have been raised with several new innovations introduced to reduce the level of rigging at the polls. A concerned Cross Riverian, Mr. Ogar Peter Ikibunim is one of those seeking to end rigging. “I think we have argued
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent Nigeria’s Senate President and presidential aspirant of the People’s Democratic Party, Bukola Saraki has hailed the economic vision of Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade pointing out that his ideas are what the country needs at the moment. Mr. Saraki gave the commendation Wednesday in Calabar, the Cross River
By Jonathan Ugbal The chairman of the Senate committee on finance and gubernatorial aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Cross River State, John Owan-Enoh has denied allegations that he said he does not need the votes of a particular ethnic group in the state to become governor. Mr. Owan-Enoh made this known in
Since 1999, in every state there is this group of persons called the political class, they run the state, share state budget and contracts among themselves, rotate political offices and appointments among themselves, to an extent their children marry one another. Power usually rotates within that group, from fathers to sons and daughters. When they
By Jonathan Ugbal Prince Jedy Agba, a guber aspirant in the 2015 general elections has denied claims that he is contesting the 2019 gubernatorial elections. Mr. Agba, a former Group General Manager of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation NNPC, disclosed this in a telephone interview with CrossRiverWatch on Friday evening. “I am contesting elections and
By Jonathan Ugbal Barely 24 hours after the National Economic Council announced plans to decentralize the Nigeria Police Force, the Presbyterian Church of Nigeria (PCN) has condemned the lack of effective measures to check the widespread killing s and violence in the country and called for an overhaul of the security architecture. This was contained
By Jonathan Ugbal The winner of the August 11, 2018 house of assembly bye-election in Obudu local government area of northern Cross River State, Mrs. Abbey Ukpukpen has broken silence on her ambition pledging to give her constituents the “representation they deserve.” This was contained in a statement signed by her and issued Tuesday in
Being full text of the declaration speech of Honorable Emmanuel Ibeshi for the 2019 gubernatorial election. Fellow Cross Riverians, brothers and sisters! May I use this opportunity to appreciate you for sacrificing your time and money to be here with me in this arduous journey to rescue our dear Cross River State from further drifting.