By Jonathan Ugbal Former Commissioner for Environment in Cross River State and Senatorial candidate of the Labor party in central Cross River on the platform of the Labor Party (LP) in the 2015 general elections, Sandy Onoh has return to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Onoh, alongside his supporters was received into the party at
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent Sources in Government House Calabar say the visit of Rivers State Governor, Barrister Nyesom Wike to his Cross River counterpart, Senator Ben Ayade was to promote the candidacy of former National Vice Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus as Chairman of the party. Mr. Wike
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade met with two All Progressives Congress (APC) stalwarts on Sunday in Calabar CrossRiverWatch authoritatively reports. They are former Minister for Culture, Tourism and National Orientation, Mr. Edem Duke and former Special Adviser to President Olusegun Obasanjo on National Assembly matters, Senator Florence Ita-Giwa.
By Ushang Ewa There are less than 20 Cross River names in the over 820 names listed as members of the various committees and subcommittees of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) non elective convention following resolutions from its 74th National Executive Council. Former Governors Donald Duke and Liyel Imoke and incumbent, Benedict Ayade are the
By Jonathan Ugbal Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has dissociated himself from a group known as ‘PDP Ayade Team’ which has been canvassing and soliciting for membership. This was contained in a statement signed by his Spokesman, Mr. Christian It’s on Friday which described the group as “Phony” and its originators; “Fraudsters.” “Our attention
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has hailed Nigeria’s former President, Goodluck Jonathan for ceding power after losing out on the March 18, 2015 presidential elections to Muhammadu Buhari. Mr. Ayade stated this yesterday while addressing journalists at the Margaret Ekpo international airport in Calabar, the Cross River State
By Jonathan Ugbal There was a mild drama in the Nigerian Senate Plenary on Tuesday when Senator John Owan-Enoh informed the house that he has formally “resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)” Owan while saying he led his supporters to join the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Saturday, May 6, 2017 at his native
By Ushang Ewa The National Vice Chairman South-South zone of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Hiliard Eta has challenged Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade and the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to tell Cross Riverians how it spent bailout funds received from the federal government. Eta stated this Friday in Calabar in an interview