By Sylvia Akpan Listen To The Report Leaders of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in the Northern Senatorial District of Cross River State have bought expression of interest and nomination forms for Hon. Martins Orim, Chief of Staff to Governor Ben Ayade to represent them in the Senate. The forms were also purchased for
By Ogar Monday Listen To The Report The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has warned that political parties that fail to conduct their party primaries within the next one month risk not being on the ballot for next year’s election. The warning, contained in a letter by the Commission, signed by Mr. Festus Okoye, National
By Patrick Obia Listen To The Report “When I looked all around, only for me to realize that when the governor gave us the mandate to come and choose who will be the candidate of the party, I said I want to be very transparent and fair; I said I would not want the party
By Mary Bassey Listen To The Report The Obudu chapter of the National Youth Council of Nigeria, NYCN, on Saturday failed to elect new executives over alleged interference by the Cross River State Government officials. Videos obtained by CrossRiverWatch show youths holding placards with inscriptions that elections must hold. In one of the videos, a
By Asare Asare, Daily Trust Listen To The Report The All Progressives Congress in Cross River has assured it will give serious attention to young people aspiring to govern the State. Chairman of the party in the State, Barrister Alphonsus Eba in an interview revealed that the party has slashed the cost of its nomination
By Patrick Obia Listen To The Report The agitation for zoning, that Gov. Ben Ayade’s successor should come from the Southern Senatorial District has taken a twist, a group under the aegis of the Coalition of Akamkpa and Biase Stakeholders, CABS, has said the governorship seat should not only be zoned to the Southern Senatorial
Listen To The Article If what we want as a country is development; if we desire to bring security and welfare to the people, then we must come to the conclusion that periodic elections in the manner we go about them in Nigeria today will not attain that goal. The hope that democracy provides above
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Listen To The Report Cross River Governor, Ben Ayade has said the decision of the Abuja division of the Federal High Court to uphold his defection from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) showed that the judiciary stood “firm on the tabernacle of truth.” The PDP had