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Governorship Consultations in CRS: Unanswered Questions BY PRINCEWILL OJONG ODIDI

by crossriverwatch admin With barely six months to the Governorship elections in Cross River state, we are faced with some of the greatest puzzles in our states’ political history. Too many questions with little or no answers. We are faced with different types of aspirants ranging from those who claim they are anointed, to those

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Goddy Jedy Agba And The Emerging Threats of Calumny By NATE OTABA

by crossriverwatch admin Cross Riverians have condemned the frenzied and desperate antics of Imoke against the aspirations of Jedy-Agba. This is coming on the heels of the declaration of the State PDP chairman, Ntufam John Okon denouncing Jedy-Agba as a non party member. A couple of weeks ago, It was alleged that the PDP membership

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This Christian Preacher (Helen Ukpabio) Should Not Have Been Allowed To Bring Her ‘Witch Hunt’ Into This Country by TRACY McVEIGH

by crossriverwatch admin A Christian preacher who talks of hellfire and of how Satan inhabits children and turns them into witches. Tracy McVeigh has seen the results of the kind of beliefs that Helen Ukpabio preaches and thinks the pastor should be deported. Helen Ukpabio runs an evangelical Christian organisation in West Africa called the

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The Herd Mentality in Cross River State BY OBONO OBLA

by crossriverwatch admin I unabashedly belong to APC. There is no doubt about that. I do not belong to PDP. So somebody may argue that the problem of PDP in Cross River State should not be my headache and business. I am talking about the draconian, undemocratic and dictatorial removal of my friend, Dr. Sandy

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Homeless Children And Social Welfare in Cross River State BY PAULINA MORPHY FOGG

by crossriverwatch admin Social Welfare in Cross River State has lost its meaning when it comes to safe guarding our homeless children. The well being of the entire Cross River State as a society, if we have any social structure in place is yet to be debated. Social welfare is not the same as standard

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The Genesis of The Calabar-Ogoja-Rivers State Movement BY OBONO OBLA

by crossriverwatch admin The United Nigeria Independence Party was formed by Dr. Okoi Arikpo (SAN); Chief I.I Murpy; Professor Eni Njoku; Wenike Briggs ; Justice Udo Udoma , Prince Takon of Ikom etc after the crisis that erupted in the Eastern Region House of Assembly following the forced resignation of the Leader of Government in

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A Letter to Governor Imoke BY OBASESAM OKOI

by crossriverwatch admin Dear Governor Imoke: I have followed with keen interest political developments in the state since 1999, often comparing and contrasting your development policy to that of your predecessor Governor Donald Duke. Compared to Duke, you have made great strides towards rural development. The big focus on rural transformation is reflected in two

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Gershom Bassey And The Incompetence of Cross River State Water Board BY OBONO OBLA

by crossriverwatch admin The Cross River State Water Board Limited, the successor in title of the defunct Water Board, is one of the extra-ministerial departments created in the 1970 after the creation of the defunct South Eastern State of Nigeria on the 27th May, 1967. In the 1990s, the defunct Water Board was changed into

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