by Vanguard Justice Adamu Bello of a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, Monday, declined to sack Governor Liyel Imoke of Cross River State from office. The Court further dismissed the suit which was entered against the Governor by candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, in the last governorship election in the state,
by crossriverwatch admin Majority of the Ministries, Departments and Agencies MDAs, in Cross River State have failed the minimum required standard of implementing the budget for the year 2012. Only last week, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Budget Monitoring and Evaluation, Dr. Peter Oti rejected some reports of budget officers from various MDAs
by crossriverwatch admin Opposition political parties in Cross River State are at loggerheads over what position to take in the protracted wait for the return of the ailing governor of the state, Senator Liyel Imoke. The Conference of Nigerian Political Parties CNPP which is supposed to be the umbrella body of all the opposition parties,
by Vanguard 27 years after the death of Publisher of Newswatch, Dele Giwa, through a letter bomb, a similar incident occurred Monday under the Festac link bridge in Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos, which left chairman of the local Dredgers Association dead. Although there were different versions as to how the late Chief
by crossriverwatch admin An eighteen member delegation of executive members of the ruling People Democratic Party PDP, led by the chairman of the party in the state, Ntufam John Okon, last week went on a consultation meeting, with members of the national assembly caucus, which a federal lawmaker from the state has described as “more
by crossriverwatch admin The return of Fulani herdsmen to Ntan Obu Community in Odukpani local government area of Cross River State has been generating ripples among the local farmers in the area. Paramount Ruler of Odukpani Local Government Council of Cross River State, H.R.H. Retired Colonel Asakara Ekanem said this while speaking with newsmen on
by crossriverwatch admin On Saturday 22nd of February, 2013, the body of a gentleman, legal luminary and a pioneer in many respects, Justice Emmanuel Takon Ndoma Egba (OFR) would in Akparabong , Ikom in central Cross River State be laid to rest even as his spirit lives on. Born on the 28th of August, 1928
by crossriverwatch admin Mr. Eddy Achi, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chapter Chairman in Yala Local Government Area has said the era of politics of factions and fragmentation has come to an end in Yala as he in his capacity as chapter Chairman in the area would not condone the politics of division and bitterness.