By CrossRiverWatch Admin Listen To The Report Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, a presidential aspirant under the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has asked Cross River PDP delegates to join him in restoring the party to power in the State. Atiku, who was in Calabar during the weekend to continue his nationwide consultation, said there is a need
By Mary Bassey Listen To The Report Fusion 196, a political support group in the All Progressives Congress, APC on Tuesday in Calabar pledged its support for guber aspirant, Senator Bassey Otu, saying it will reconcile with aggrieved party members. Senator Otu emerged as consensus candidate of the APC in a meeting presided over by
By Sylvia Akpan and Mary Bassey Listen To The Report Barrister Festus Okoye, the National Commissioner in charge of information and voter’s education in the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has said the data from the ongoing Continuous Voters Registration, CVR of the commission shows that the youths have the potential to determine the 2023
By Patrick Obia and Sylvia Akpan Listen To The Report Gubernatorial aspirants in the All Progressives Congress, APC and the People’s Democratic Party, PDP in Cross River State have reacted differently to the meetings that reportedly produced a consensus candidate and aspirant respectively. Former lawmaker, Senator Bassey Otu emerged as APC consensus candidate in a
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The All Progressives Congress in Cross River State, APC on Monday settled for Sen. Bassey Otu as its consensus governorship candidate for the February 2023 general elections barely 24 hours after the stakeholders of the southern senatorial district adopted Sir Arthur Jarvis Archibong as their consensus aspirant. Senator Otu represented the Cross
By Anietie Akpan, The Guardian Newspaper Listen To The Report Tension is mounting in the Cross River State All Progressives Congress (APC) over the party’s inability to choose aspirants for the 2023 governorship race. Also, its final caucus meeting scheduled for yesterday was canceled. Already, the Victor Ndoma-Egba (SAN)-led seven-man committee assigned to prune the
By Vivian Chime, The Cable Listen To The Report Ben Ayade, Cross River Governor, says he will support the presidential ambition of Rotimi Amaechi, Minister of Transportation if he becomes the flagbearer of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the 2023 presidential election. Ayade spoke on Friday when Amaechi met with him and the APC
By Mary Bassey Listen To The Report Prof. Zana Akpagu, the immediate past Vice-Chancellor of the University of Calabar, UNICAL, has disassociated himself from the magnanimous act by some leaders of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in the Northern Senatorial District of Cross River who purchased their party’s expression of interest and nomination forms