by crossriverwatch admin Contrary to rumours making rounds that the Cross River State Governorship election will be conducted in 2016, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC in the state has said that the election will hold during the 2015 general election. The Court of Appeal sitting in Calabar on the 14th of July, 2008 removed
by crossriverwatch admin The legal battle in the case filed by the newly registered All Progressives Congress, APC to nullify the decision of the Cross River State Independent Electoral Commission, CROSIEC that APC is ineligible to contest the September 21 Local Government Council Elections in Cross River State, began in the High Court , Calabar
by crossriverwatch admin A former National Director of Publicity of the People’s Democratic Party PDP, and strong man of Cross River politics, Barrister Venatius Ikem has described President Jonathan as being naive and over protective of the party’s national Chairman, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur. Mr. Ikem who has also been Director of the IBB Campaign Organization
by crossriverwatch admin Sir Patrick Otu, the Cross River State Chairman of Independent Electoral Commission CROSIEC has revealed that the newly registered All Progressive Congress Party APC has been disqualified from contesting for seats in the September 21, 2013 Local Government Election in the state. Otu stated this at a meeting held in the Commission’s
by crossriverwatch admin An expanded Zonal Executive Committee meeting of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, rose on Friday in Calabar with a pledge to support President Goodluck Jonathan in his 2015 re-election quest. The meeting which had in attendance top functionaries of the party at both elective and appointive positions held at the Cross River
by crossriverwatch admin by crossriverwatch admin Dr. Mathias Oko Offorboche was a former Deputy Governor in the erstwhile Cross River State between 1979 and 1983 under Dr. Clement Isong. He recently convened a meeting of political stakeholders in the Northern Senatorial District of the state and he spoke to CrossRiverWatch in the light of the
by crossriverwatch admin By Okoi Obono Obla We cannot afford to continue to tolerate the politics of prostitution, chicanery and opportunism that has become the bane of our political system especially in the APC. This is why when you tell somebody that you are a politician you are immediately seen as a charlatan, reprobate and
by crossriverwatch admin The newly registered All Progressives Congress (APC) in Cross River state has embarked on the harmonization of list of candidates vying for the September 21 local government elections in the state. Following the arrangement, the leadership of the three parties that merged into the APC, namely ACN, ANPP and CPC have constituted