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Imoke Commissions N400m Obudu Ranch Electrification Project

By Our Correspondent As part of effort to boost the electricity infrastructure for enhanced quality service delivery at the Obudu Ranch Resort, Cross River State governor, Senator Liyel, has commissioned a 33/11KV Sub-station electricity project which connects the Ranch Resort to the National Grid. The Obudu Ranch Resort has been operating on a generating set

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Questions For President Jonathan As He Visits Cross River This Week BY OBONO OBLA

President Goodluck Jonathan was chosen as the Vice Presidential running mate of late President Umaru Musa Yaradua in the 2007 presidential election mainly because he is from Bayelsa State in the South/South Region in accordance with the Zoning Policy of his Party –Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. It is instructive that Cross River State is one

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Like Ekiti, Like Cross River BY KALITA JOSEPH ARUKU

A leader takes the coloration of the process and people that brought them into power and so leaders all over the world are functions of the type of people that they lead. A bad leader is a product of a bad people especially when the choice is in the hands of the people. For example

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Don’t Return To PDP, APC Tell Defectors In Cross River

By Sylvia Etta Days after Senator Liyel Imoke inaugurated the guber campaign council for the Peoples Democratic Party with an appeal to aggrieved and defected members to come back to the party, National Vice Chairman, South South of the opposition All Progressives Congress, APC, Comrade Hilliard Eta has advised defectors to be wary of such

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Cross River 2015: Ugbo Declares For Labour Party

By Laureta Akpan After several denials and dilly dallying, Ntufam Fidelis Ugbo, former PDP top governorship aspirant has declared to run for the Cross River State governorship under the platform of the Labour Party. Ugbo in his declaration speech at the African Club in Calabar said “today marks the turning point in the journey to

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Imoke’s Project Commissioning Tour In Bekwarra And Obudu Questions Monitoring Unit’s Efficiency

By Jonathan Ugbal Cross River State Governor, Liyel Imoke today in a tour of Bekwarra and Obudu local government areas inspected and commissioned projects that apparently left question marks about the efficiency of the project monitoring, evaluation and implementation team of the various tiers of government. The tour which CrossRiverWatch followed revealed that some of

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Kugbudu, Kingie Kimen Kimbe – Ayade

By Elijah Ugani The Obudu born Professor and Senator representing Cross River Northern Senatorial District who also is the governorship flag bearer of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, for the 2015 general election in Cross River, Senator Ben Ayade yesterday declared an end to the sufferings of Obudu people to the delight of an ecstatic

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Whirlwind Causes Momentary Pandemonium In Cross River PDP Campaign Rally Venue

By Jonathan Ugbal The Government primary school Okpoma, Yala local government area football pitch was yesterday, momentarily thrown into pandemonium as a whirlwind rushed through the field leaving behind minor destruction. The football pitch which was decorated to host the People’s Democratic Party, PDP campaign rally was suddenly thrown into chaos as a whirlwind rushed

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