By CrossRiverWatch Admin There was pomp and glitz at Government House Calabar on Tuesday as the Cross River Government and the federal ministry of interior spared no expense for comfort to commission one firefighting truck. The truck is one out of about 44 trucks, about 20 ambulances and some tankers procured by the federal government
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Cross River State chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) will Inaugurate her new executives in Calabar, tomorrow, September 29, 2021. A statement issued by the caretaker secretary, Eko Atu said this followed “the successful conduct of the state congress of the PDP on the 18th of September, 2021.” The event
By Patrick Obia And Sylvia Felix The immediate past Chairman of the Cross River State Universal Basic Education Board, Dr. Steven Odey last weekend described the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as a den of robbers who ganged up and robbed him of his position as Senator. The Appeal Court in July upheld the decision of
By Anietie Akpan, The Guardian All hope of returning Bakassi Peninsula to Nigeria may not have been lost yet, as the National Assembly has hinted that it will withhold the ratification of its treaty. Chairman, Cross River State caucus of the National Assembly, Senator Gershom Bassey, who spoke with newsmen in Calabar, yesterday, said the Bakassi
By Ike Uchechukwu, Vanguard News Frontline politician and member of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Sir Arthur Jarvis Archibong has asserted that the emergence of Venatius Ikem, Esq. as Cross River State Chairman is an indication that victory looms for the party in all corner, come 2023. Sir Arthur Jarvis made the assertion in a
By Judex Okoro, The Sun News Members of the Cross River State PDP caucus of the National Assembly have stated that all defectors to APC would be brought back after the congress. Addressing delegates at the State Congress held at Event Centre located at Parliamentary Extension Calabar on Saturday, the NASS members said Cross River
By Patrick Obia Sen. Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe has just been sworn in as Senator of Cross River North. President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan on Wednesday, 15 September swore him as a replacement for Sen. Stephen Odey. The both have been locked in a protracted court battle. See pictures below:
Chuks Okocha writes that the defection of Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress, was a declaration of political war on former Governors Donald Duke and Liyel Imoke ahead of the 2023 general election. Since the return of democracy in 1999, clinching political power in