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‘Our Campaigns Will Be Based On Performance,’ Says Cross River PDP

By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Cross River State chapter of the People’s Democratic Party says it will go into the next season of electioneering campaigning on the basis of verifiable projects and successes and not propaganda. The Chairman of the party in the State, Venatius Ikem Esq made this known last weekend while welcoming 2,193 defectors

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Governor Otu Dedicates Supreme Court Victory To Electorates

By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Governor of Cross River State, Senator Bassey Otu says his victory at the Supreme Court of Nigeria  on Friday, January 12, 2024, belongs to the electorates who braved all the odds on March 18, 2023, to vote for him and the All Progressives Congress (APC). As quoted by his Chief Press

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‘My Thanksgiving Not For Politics’ – Owan Enoh, Debunks Claims Of 2027 Guber Ambition

By Jonathan Ugbal and Godwin Otang Nigeria’s Sports Development Minister, Senator John Owan Enoh on Saturday warned those peddling rumors that he is planning for the 2027 guber race to desist from such as he is in full support of the incumbent Governor, Senator Bassey Out. The former lawmaker stated this Saturday at the Holy

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At Last, Jarigbe Gives Ayade The Kiss Of Death In The Politics Of Cross River State BY DOMINIC KIDZU

Whilst I am not a diviner that foretells the future and cannot pronounce upon people’s destinies, it is easy to wagger that it may be nunc dimittis for Ben Ayade, who came to Cross River State, saw, pillaged, danced, but did not conquer. His arch nemesis, Jarigbe Agom, may have hammered in the final nail

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Who Will Bell The Cat? BY Agba Jalingo

National Assembly records show that from 1999 to the 8th National Assembly (2015-2019), the 469 seats at both the Senate and House of Reps have been occupied by 2,345 persons. This includes those who weren’t re-elected and the freshers who displaced them. In the 9th National Assembly, 64 Senators and 151 Reps, were not re-elected.

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Calabar Eleven Eleven Roundabout And The Politics Of Remodeling… BY AGBA JALINGO

The Eleven-Eleven roundabout in Calabar, Cross River State was named after Armistice Day when World War I (1914-1918) ended at the 11th hour on the morning of the 11th day in the 11th month of 1918. The Eleven Eleven Roundabout which was built by the Mr. Donald Duke administration and had on its sides features

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Ita Giwa Is Not From Cross River – Donald Duke Fires Back, Says She’s ‘Courtesan’ In Her Political Dealings

By Patrick Obia The former Governor of Cross River State from 1999 to 2007, Mr. Donald Duke has fired back at Senator Florence Ita Giwa, saying she is not a Cross Riverian, rather by chance occupying positions in the State. Duke in a statement titled “Why I never responded to the aspersions of Madam Florence

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Gov. Otu Commends President Tinubu For Replacing Asu Okang With Orok Duke As NDDC Commissioner

By Our Reporter Cross River Governor, Sen. Bassey Edet Otu has commended President Bola Tinubu for replacing Asu Okang with Orok Duke the State Commissioner for the Niger Delta Development Commission, (NDDC). August 29, 2023 Mr. Okang was announced as the NDDC Commissioner from the State, immediately, APC members began protesting.  Their reason for protesting

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