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Political Violence Erupts in Yakurr Local Government

by crossriverwatch admin The intense struggle going on among the rank and file of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Yakurr Local Government Area of Cross River State for control of the Party took a violent turn this morning, when a group of thugs attacked the provision store and beer parlor belonging to a local

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Cross River Governorship Aspirant Fingered in Fake APC Saga

by crossriverwatch admin The veil on the true sponsors of a phantom group, African People’s Congress seeking to stop merging opposition political parties, All Progressives Congress, APC from being registered by INEC was today finally removed, exposing top ruling PDP leaders including a governorship hopeful from Cross River State as the brains behind the fake

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Award Gate: Sen. Ayade Condemns Impeachment Moves Against Obudu LG Chair

by crossriverwatch admin The Senator representing Cross River North Senatorial District in the National Assembly,Senator Ben Ayade, has condemned moves by members of the Obudu Legislative Council to impeach Emmanuel Ikwen, the Chairman of the Local Government. In a telephone interview with crossriverwatch this afternoon, Senator Ayade said: “I cannot destroy what I built. Emma

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Cross River Opposition Parties at Loggerheads Over Imoke’s Health

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,

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Yala PDP Chairman Declares End to Factions

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.

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C’River LG Chair And His Police Orderly on War Path

by crossriverwatch admin The once cordial relationship between the chairman of Calabar South Local Government Area, Mr. Ekeng Henshaw, and his police orderly, Matthew Ibor, has collapsed irretrievably following allegation by the policeman that his boss has diabolical plans against those opposed to his second term bid. Under the plan as revealed by the police

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Jonathan Does Not Reckon With Cross River State – Obono Obla

by crossriverwatch admin Illiterate thinking should be discarded. It is anachronistic for some ill informed people to think that the presidency must be occupied by somebody from their back of the neck before they are satisfied. All this hullabaloo about Niger Delta presidency where has it taken us to? What has the average Cross Riverian

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2015 – Senator Ayade Splashes Jeeps on PDP Women Leaders

by crossriverwatch admin Prof. Ben Ayade, the Senator representing Cross River North Senatorial District in the National Assembly and one of the favourite for the ruling party’s 2015 governorship ticket, on Sunday (yesterday) handed three new Honda CRV jeeps to People Democratic Party PDP women leaders from three local governments in the Cross River North

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