by crossriverwatch admin Controversy has continued to trail the purported screening, mock election (selection) and primaries by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the forthcoming Local Government elections in Cross River State. In Calabar South Local Government Area, one of the aspirants who out rightly rejected the purported mock election to select the councillorship candidate
by Compass Cross River State Governor, Mr. Liyel Imoke, yesterday told opponents of emergency rule in states being troubled by Boko Haram insurgents to count him out of their group actions. Imoke’s statement, as chairman of the South South Governors’ Forum, is in sharp contrast to an earlier declaration by his Rivers State counterpart Rotimi
by crossriverwatch admin The All Progressives Congress APC, stakeholders meeting of the North and Central Senatorial Districts of Cross River State has been scheduled to hold on Saturday May 18, 2013 at No. 24 Okoi Obimbang Street, Biko Biko, Ugep Town in Yakurr Local Government. In a notice of invitation made available to crossriverwatch, the
The Duke, Amaechi Connection, How Presidency sent Akpabio to Beg Imoke By crossriverwatch admin These are certainly not the best of times for the amiable governor of Cross River State, Senator Liyel Imoke as the stormy waters continue to test the strength of the biggest political party in Africa, Nigeria’s ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
by crossriverwatch admin The political crises rocking Obudu Local Government is pitching the Chairman of the Council, Hon. Emmanuel Ikwen against the Cross River State Chairman of the ruling Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP. Crossriverwatch gathered that the refusal of the Obudu Legislative Council to reinstate the impeached Majority Leader of the House, Hon. Martin Orim
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
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
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