By Archibong Jeremiah, House Of Assembly Correspondent The Cross River State House of Assembly yesterday enacted the “Cross River State Infrastructural Fund Law, 2015.” The law was enacted by unanimous vote after the bill, sponsored by Hon. Simon Nkoro Egbong representing Ikom 2 state constituency, passed the third reading following its submission to plenary by
By CrossRiverWatch admin The Labor Party candidate in the last governorship election in Cross River State, Ntufam Fidelis Ugbo has told CrossRiverWatch exclusively that he applied to withdraw his petition from the Cross River State Governorship Election tribunal because he did not want to become part of the problem of the State. Ugbo whose petition
By Archibong Jeremiah, House of Assembly Correspondent The Speaker Cross River State House of Assembly (CRSHA), Hon. John Gaul Lebo has said that it is constitutional and statutory for local government councils, Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDA’s) in the state to submit their income and expenditure profile to the house for the relevant committee to
By Ogar Monday The Calabar University Electoral Committee (CUECO), the body charged with the responsibility of conducting Students Union Governments election in UNICAL has declared Comrade Ekpo Tete as the winner of the Students Union Government Presidential seat, beating Comrade Nkanu Ogban Unoh and Comrade Iso Effiong Ekeyong to the post. The elections which had
By Ogar Monday The University of Calabar from all indications is set to conduct elections into the various positions at the level of the Student Union Government (SUG) of the University, especially with the myriad of posters of aspirants that have flooded the school since last week. The elections which had been earlier scheduled for
I wish to draw the attention of enthusiasts, followers, sycophants, admirers, anchors, supporters, etc. of politicians and political leaders and especially of, the State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade to this uproar and hype so created in the popular social media around that may rather end up hurting the young man than help him. First off,
By CrossRiverWatch admin The National and State Assemblies Elections Petition Tribunal sitting in Calabar yesterday dismissed three motions filed by the Respondents in the Petitions filed by candidates of All Progressives Congress, APC and Labor Party respectively against the return of the PDP candidates in the National Assembly elections held on 28th March 2015 and
By CrossRiverWatch admin The Cross River Indigenes Association (CRIDA) in Abuja has called on Governor Ben Ayade to declare a state of emergency on roads in the state and complete the 16-year old Liaison Office abandoned at the Central Business District of Abuja by previous governments through a Public Private Partnership (PPP) arrangement. Making the