By Beatrice Ori Amid the current crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Cross River State, a Chieftain of the party, Senator Sandy Onor has sued for peace. CrossRiverWatch learned that some aggrieved members have sought the removal of the State Chairman, Venatius Ikem Esq. Senator Sandy, in a letter of appeal to party
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Governor of Cross River State, Senator Bassey Otu says his victory at the Supreme Court of Nigeria on Friday, January 12, 2024, belongs to the electorates who braved all the odds on March 18, 2023, to vote for him and the All Progressives Congress (APC). As quoted by his Chief Press
By Anietie Akpan, Guardian Newspaper Former Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari, Okoi Obono-Obla, has called on Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State to stay clear of Cross River State’s politics. Recall that Wike, on Wednesday night, hosted Cross River State Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) candidates for State and National Assembly elections and donated 25
By Jonathan Ugbal and Patrick Obia Listen To The Report The Bishop of Ogoja Catholic Diocese, Most Revd. Dr. Donatus Akpan on Saturday, invested the leader of the seventh National Assembly, Sen. Victor Ndoma-Egba and the 2023 guber candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Sen. Sandy Onor among others with papal honors. While Ndoma-Egba
By Jonathan Ugbal Political parties fielding candidates for the February 26th 2022, legislative by-elections in Cross River State on Thursday, rounded up their campaigns amidst heavy security presence. Two legislative seats – Ogoja/Yala federal constituency and Akpabuyo State constituency are up for grabs. And, the intense politicking peaked on Thursday when bigwigs of the two
By Jonathan Ugbal In what may be viewed as a show of political force, several bigwigs of the Cross River State chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) are currently in Obudu to celebrate the Chairman, Venatius Ikem. Mr. Ikem emerged as chapter Chairman, a win in one of the many battles that led to
By Jonathan Ugbal The Senator representing Cross River North, Jarigbe Agom has said his teetered emergence as Senator representing the Northern Senatorial District is an exception to the human perception of the power Governors wield today in Nigeria. Senator Agom stated this in Abuja at a reception ceremony at the JD’s Garden in Abuja after
By Jonathan Ugbal The Senator representing Cross River South district in the National Assembly, Gershom Bassey is currently the best performing federal lawmaker from Cross River State with 19 bills to his name in the midterm performance report published by civil society organisation, OrderPaper. The organisation measures performance based on number of bills passed. Mr.