By Oluwakemi Dauda The crisis generated by the award of the N20 billion Calabar channel contract by the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) to Calabar Channel Management Limited (CCM), a joint venture of NPA and a firm owned by a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senator is not over, it was learnt. Some of the firms that
By John Ushie Some members of the Cross River PDP Northern Caucus have confided in CrossRiverWatch that the battle for the PDP governorship ticket may just narrow down to “Legor and the rest.” Having zoned the governorship to the northern senatorial district of the State, the Northern caucus of the ruling party has been saddled
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 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