by crossriverwatch admin Ahead of 2015 elections, Cross River State governor, Senator Liyel Imoke, has re-affirmed his earlier commitment to zone the governorship to Northern Senatorial Zone of the state. Addressing leaders from the zone comprising Bekwarra, Obanlikwu, Obudu, Ogoja, and Yala Council Areas, under the auspices of Northern Forum in Calabar, Imoke pointed out
by crossriverwatch admin A former Chief Press Secretary to Governor Imoke and former Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Cross River State Council, Mr. Omini Oden has said that, it amounts to ingratitude for anyone from Cross River North to doubt the sincerity of Imoke’s promise to produce his successor from the northern
by crossriverwatch admin The commitment and zeal with which the new PDP Chairman, Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu is handling the affairs of the party shows he has the mindset and ability to reunite and position the party for victory in the 2015 elections. This declaration was made on Friday in Calabar by a former member of
by crossriverwatch admin The opposition All Progressives Congress, APC yesterday commenced nationwide registration of members. In Cross River State, the Chairman of the APC State Registration Supervisory Committee, Prince Otis from Bayelsa State arrived Calabar on Saturday morning from Abuja and assured that the exercise will commence yesterday. The Registration Supervisory Committee is made up
by crossriverwatch admin As political events unfold rapidly in Cross River State, political top wigs and stakeholders from the Cross River North Senatorial District have insisted on producing the state governor in the 2015 general election. Speaking at an interactive session of the Northern Cross River Coalition in Calabar on Saturday, former deputy governor of
by crossriverwatch admin No fewer than 2, 500 members of the Peoples Democratic Party and the Labour Party in Cross River State have defected to the All Progressives Congress. Receiving the defectors late Tuesday in Calabar, the state interim chairman of the APC, Mr Alex Irek, said that the defectors included 1, 500 LP members
by crossriverwatch admin The names of Dr. Sandy Onor and Engineer Effiong Bassey are conspicuously missing on the list of Cross River State Executive Council members recalled by Senator Liyel Imoke, following their suspension in December 2013. Governor Imoke in an announcement on the state media, Cross River Broadcasting Corporation, CRBC, on Wednesday morning asked
by crossriverwatch admin Cross River State Governor, Senator Liyel Imoke has been described as a one of the stabilisers and trail blazers of Nigeria politics in the recent time. Speaker of the Federal House of Representatives, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal stated this during his address at tan empowerment program organized by Hon. Daniel Asuquo, member representing