By Ogar Monday The Cross River State Government has debunked claims which recently made rounds on social media that the Governor (Ben Ayade) had moved a School of Nursing located in Ogoja to Obudu Local Government Area where he hails from. In a release made available to CrossRiverWatch and signed by Dr. Pauline Obute, Permanent
By Jonathan Ugbal Information reaching CrossRiverWatch newsroom suggests that the Mgbanige-Mbok section of the Calabar-Ikom-Ogoja-Katsina-Ala federal highway has been blocked by trailer drivers. The drivers are said to be protesting in solidarity with their colleague who was stopped by certain individuals who claimed they were revenue agents and declined the truck’s passage. Several revenue points
By Etido Okon The Vice Chancellor of the University of Cross River State, Prof. Augustine Angba has set up a skills acquisition center in the Faculty of Management Science, Ogoja Campus. The initiative was pioneered by the University’s Director of Entrepreneur, Dr. Patrick Ushie, and will be overseen by Dr. Cassius Ogar of the Department
By Our Reporters The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has completed the guber election result collation in Cross River State. The State Returning Officer is Prof. Teddy Charles Adias. Below are the results for 18 LGAs in Cross River: Obanliku (10 wards) Registered Voters ……… 54,536 Accredited voters ………21,209 AA……… 2 AAC ……… ADC ………
By Our Reporters Thugs suspected to be loyal to the All Progressives Congress, APC, on Sunday morning disrupted the collation of results at the Area Office of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Ogoja Local Government Area. The collation of results from the Registration Areas for the State Assembly and Gubernatorial polls commenced at
By Our Reporters Collation has commenced in Ogoja LGA collation center, the State Constituency Collation officer is Mr. Timothy Ogbang Ellah. The Local Government Collation officer for the Gubernatorial elections is Prof. John Undie. The Electoral Officer insists that only the Local Government agents of political parties can be present with the press and security.
By Ada Wodu, Punch Newspaper A member of the All Progressives Congress has been shot dead in Cross River State. It was gathered that the incident happened on Saturday morning at Ogoja in the northern senatorial district. The victim, who was simply identified as Joe, was allegedly shot dead by a soldier for creating a
By Our Reporters The candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Godwin Offiono Esq. has been declared the winner of Saturday’s House of Representatives elections for the Ogoja/Yala federal constituency. He was declared winner moments ago by the returning officer, Dr. Wokasor Eni after polling 36,642 votes to beat his closest rival and incumbent, Hon.