By Our Correspondent The Association of Cross River Online Journalists, ACROJ, has congratulated the governor-elect of Cross River State in the just concluded governorship election. In a statement issued in Calabar today by the Chairman of ACROJ, Iwara Iwara, the group opines that, “Nigeria’s democracy has indeed gone full circle with the completion of the
By Our Correspondent CrossRiverWatch has reliably gathered that Odey Ochicha, the Cross River State governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC in last Saturday’s elections has called the winner Senator Ben Ayade of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP to congratulate him. During the telephone call which was said to have been made at 11:20am
By CrossRiverWatch admin A broad day light operation by dare devil robbers rattled residents of Calabar on election eve and residents who had a feel of the robbery incident are yet to recover from the trauma after a six man gang raided shops in Calabar metropolis. The operation which CrossRiverWatch gathered began at 5pm on
By Jonathan Ugbal The Liyel Imoke-led administration has only 49 days left and the former power and steel minister is yet to “do something” about the Utugwang-Okworogung-Mbube road as promised. The Abi born politician had on January 22, 2015 promised the people of Okworogung in Utugwang area of Obudu local government that he will “do
By Our Correspondent PDP governorship candidate in Saturday’s governorship and House of Assembly election in Cross River State, Senator Ben Ayade has been declared governor elect by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. Ayade defeated his APC opponent, Odey Ochicha and Labor Party Candidate, Fidelis Ugbo with a landslide victory after the final collation of
By Our Correspondent The People of Bakassi in the riverine part of Cross River State say the successful and peaceful conduct of the Governorship and House of Assembly elections was a reflection of their desire to embrace change and demand for their resettlement by the next government. Led by Senator Florence Ita Giwa, the Bakassi
By Our Correspondent The Nigeria Police, Cross River State Command has arrested four suspected hoodlums that masterminded the Mkpani crisis which led to the death of one person during the last Saturday Governorship and House of Assembly Election. The Police Commissioner, Henry Fadairo confirmed the arrest during a chat with Newsmen yesterday. Fadairo who said
