By Inyali Peter Ahead of the 2019 general elections, former House of Representatives member representing Obudu/Obanliku/Bekwarra federal constituency, Mr. Paul Adah has met with members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogoja in a bid to clinch the party’s gubernatorial ticket in 2018. Mr. Adah had last weekend announced his intention to contest and
By Jonathan Ugbal The call by the Cross River State chapter of Inter Party Advisory Council (IPAC) on the state governor, Senator Ben Ayade to resign, has been described as exercise oiled by a NGN100 million financial inducement. Dismissing the call by IPAC, The Deputy Chief Press Secretary to Governor Ayade, Mr. Linus Obogo said
By CrossRiverWatch Admin As preparations gets high for the conduct of local government elections in the state by the Cross River State Independent Electoral Commission (CROSIEC) I implore young Cross Riverians who sincerely desire to effect and see genuine change in the state to go back to the grassroot and begin genuine campaigns. The place
By Jonathan Ugbal Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade on Thursday presented a budget of NGN1.3 trillion tagged “Budget of Kinetic Crystallization.” The figure and name of the budget has sent the social media sphere agog with comments and CrossRiverWatch monitored some on Facebook and Twitter which are listed below. Legor Idagbo, a federal legislator
By Ogar Monday; House of Assembly Correspondent The Cross River State House of Assembly has asked aides of Governor Ben Ayade to acknowledge the supervisory role of the commissioners of the various ministries they belong to. There are 27 commissioners and almost all have fallen out with Special Advisers, Special Assistants and Boards Chairmen in
By CrossRiverWatch Admin It was Charlena Johnson in her No Cross No Crown that said that: “We shouldn’t be ordinary; we should challenge ourselves and not just think inside the box. We should dare to be different and get out of the box.” Whether or not, Governor Benedict Bengioushuye Ayade of Cross River State read
By Obeten Godfrey For Nigeria to grow as a country and compete internationally, citizens must realize that leadership is ordained for a certain class of people and not for everyone. Her leaders must also learn to separate emotions and religion from governance, said Senator George Sekibo at the South South Nigeria’s Emerging Political Leaders Forum
By Obeten Godfrey The Senior Pastor of the Calabar International Christian Center, Calabar; Pastor Emma Isong has fired what looks like a salvo to power hungry politicians saying that Nigeria as a nation does not belong to one particular generation. The clergyman made known his position last weekend in Calabar, the Cross River State capital