There are different definitions of what a cult or a cultist is but there is one particular definition by the free dictionary that I find particularly interesting. Among other definitions, the dictionary defines a cult as “An exclusive group of person sharing an esoteric, usually artistic or intellectual interest.” When I read that definition, it
By CrossRiverWatch Admin A tense atmosphere is enveloping Obudu local government area as sources have informed CrossRiverWatch that another person has been gunned down this morning in the ongoing criminal gang war. This comes less than 12 hours after governor Ben Ayade’s in-law, Dave “Malcolm Daddy” Ishamali was shot dead and a liquor store belonging
By Ikwen Atuaka Following the defection of several bigwigs of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) in Obudu local government area, the council has been greeted with pro Ayade rallies of recent. The most recent happened Tuesday at Begiading political ward of the council which is the home ward
By Ikwen Atuaka Following the defection of several bigwigs of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Cross River’s governor Ben Ayade’s home Obudu local government area, the PDP has now held several meetings to consolidate on their gains. The meetings which were tagged “reunion” held over the course of
When not surprisingly the Buhari led coalition of the change mantra APC swept out the PDP federal Government and most of the states in the country, it became obvious that some states like Cross River state that succeeded in keeping an all PDP victory through a very stiffly contested and controversial delegate elections and the
By Our Correspondent The gale of defections from the PDP to APC continued in Cross River State yesterday in Governor Ayade’s Obudu Local Government with the cross over of a former member of the House of Representatives and immediate past Commissioner representing Cross River state in the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Hon. Paul Adah
By Ikwen Atuaka A former Group General Manager, Crude Oil Marketing Department, GGM COMD of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC Jedy Agba has dumped the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP for the All Progressives Congress, APC. The frontline gubernatorial aspirant in the last general elections was this afternoon welcomed into his new political family by
By Jonathan Ugbal The senator representing Cross River northern senatorial district in the 8th assembly Rose Oko, Saturday in Ogoja shared 6 million Naira amongst constituents thanking them for voting her in absentia. In a similar vein, the member representing the Obudu/Obanliku/Bekwarra federal constituency in the 8th Assembly, Hon. Legor Idagbo also gave each of