by crossriverwatch admin The issue of bringing female politicians to mainstream politics in Nigeria was again put on the front burner by the unveiling of POWER Political Advancement for Women (PPA4W) Project and launching of a Trust Fund for female politicians by the Founder/Board Chair, Partnership Opportunities for Women Empowerment Realization (POWER) Mrs. Obioma Liyel-Imoke.
by crossriverwatch admin The legal battle challenging the decision to exclude the All Progressives Congress, APC by the Cross River State Independent Electoral Commission, CROSIEC, to participate in the Local Government Elections in Cross River State scheduled for September 21, 2013 continued in the High Court, Calabar today. At the hearing, the reply of CROSIEC
by crossriverwatch admin The role of Nigeria’s Senate Leader, Senator Victor Ndoma Egba in the current impasse bedeviling the Peoples Democratic Party PDP seem to be paying off with the Presidency recently endorsing the Senator representing Cross River Central Senatorial District for a fourth consecutive term. Ndoma Egba is currently enjoying the confidence of his
by crossriverwatch admin Have you ever wondered why, though He could do it, God did not allow a woman to conceive and give birth the same day but must wait for nine months, and the elephant for eleven months? If he so desired, God could have as well enabled the farmer to sow and reap
by crossriverwatch admin The hearing of the suit filed by the All Progressives Congress, APC against its exclusion from participation in the Local Government Elections in Cross River state scheduled for the 21st September 2013 continued before Honorable Justice Ofem Ikpi Ofem of the High Court of Cross River State of Nigeria today. At today’s
by crossriverwatch admin One of the persons thought to be the next in line of the so-called ‘Lagos Accord’, has said that the People’s Democratic Party in Cross River State functions as one family and the party has zoned the 2015 Governorship slot in the state to the northern Senatorial District to ensure equity and
by crossriverwatch admin The Chairman of the Cross River State Independent Electoral Commission, CROSIEC, Patrick Otu is my bossom friend. Although he is biological my senior I consider him my bossom friend. We struck friendship about 1992 when both of us were avid followers of the political aspiration and ambition of Chief Wilfred Oden Inah,
by crossriverwatch admin The pronouncement by Senator Liyel Imoke, the Cross River State governor that the governorship slot for the state moves to the northern senatorial district in 2015 was not made off the cliff but after due consultations with stakeholders; so its stands. Nigeria’s Senate Leader, Senator Victor Ndoma Egba who stated this in