By Jonathan Ugbal The Speaker of the Cross River State House of Assembly, Honorable John Lebo (PDP Abi) has indicated interest to run for the position of the member of the federal house of representatives representing the Abi/Yakurr federal constituency in the national assembly. Mr. Lebo in a tweet on Monday via his handle said
By CrossRiverWatch Admin One by one, visitors from foreign lands are pouring into town to see the quiet revolution that is unveiling in Cross River State. One by one, they have left the state, bearing tales of wonder, punctuated by accolades, hyphenated by amazement and crowned with garlands. Tales that tell the story of Ben
By CrossRiverWatch Admin When politicians are scared of going to the field to battle for victory, they start fabricating stories of who is supporting who. You hear them saying “his body language suggests he is supporting so so so and so person.” What is body language? How can a decision as important as leadership be
By Ushang Ewa The ward congresses of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Cross River failed to hold across the eighteen local government areas of the state with confusion trailing the conduct. CrossRiverWatch gathered that the Ward Congress Committee led by Mr. Stanley Ekezie had upon arrival in Calabar on Friday evening, agreed to shift
By Jonathan Ugbal Former Cross River Governor, Senator Liyel Imoke has been appointed to head the ‘Contact and Integration Committee’ of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). The 22 man committee was inaugurated this morning at a brief ceremony at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja by the national chairman, Mr. Uche Secondus. The party had
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Someone copied this message to my daughter: “Ray Ekpu made a confession that startled everybody present. He pointedly said the media would never support PMB’s regime because all media houses that collected huge sums of public funds from Jonathan’s regime were compelled to refund what was given to them by PMB. “He
By Jonathan Ugbal; Government House Correspondent Ahead of the 2019 general elections, the organised labor in Cross River State on Tuesday in Calabar endorsed the governor, Senator Ben Ayade to bid for a second term in office. The state chairman of the Nigerian Labor Congress (NLC), Comrade John Ushie disclosed this while delivering a traditionally
By Frank Edima/Philip Agba The people of Bakassi and Akpabuyo Local Government met recently in a townhall meeting to discuss and take further action on the recent Supreme Court Judgment which ordered INEC to delineate Bakassi LGA. These town hall meeting was organized by Nka Ufori Ye Nsongonda Efik Efut ye Abakpa, an indigenous group