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PDP Supporters Hold ‘Reclaim Cross River’ Fitness Walk In Calabar

By Patrick Obia Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, supporters in their large numbers on Thursday, August 25, staged a ‘Reclaim Cross River’ fitness road walk in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. The exercise kicked off from the Millennium Park where the State Chairman of the party, Barr. Venatius Ikem addressed supporters on the importance of

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I’ll Bring Back PDP To Cross River, APC Is Not Your Party – Atiku To Cross River PDP Delegates

By CrossRiverWatch Admin Listen To The Report Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, a presidential aspirant under the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has asked Cross River PDP delegates to join him in restoring the party to power in the State. Atiku, who was in Calabar during the weekend to continue his nationwide consultation, said there is a need

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Cross River State PDP Still Believes In ‘Zoning By Elimination’ – State Chairman

By Mary Bassey Listen To The Report The Cross River State Chapter of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, has stated that the party has always respected the zoning of political offices, but that it has to be done by elimination. The disclosure was made by the Chapter Chairman, Mr. Venatius Ikem, who insisted that all

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Ogoja/Yala By-Election: Usibe Emerge PDP Candidate After Defeating Offiono, Odey

By Jonathan Ugbal A former Chairman of the Yala Local Government Council, Mr. Mike Usibe on Thursday emerged as the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for the February 26 legislative by-elections to fill in the vacancy for the Ogoja/Yala constituency seat in the House of Representatives. The by-election is necessitated by the swearing-in

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#CRSDecides2023: PDP Kicks Against Zoning, Says Guber Position Open To All

By Jonathan Ugbal and Patrick Obia The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Cross River State, has said the position of governorship in the build up to the 2023 general elections will be open to all party members irrespective of their senatorial districts. Zoning, in the past few months has raised dust and

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Of Political ‘Capacity’ And Other Political Lingo BY VENATIUS IKEM

One of the latest entrants in the political lingo of Cross River State is “capacity”. It came not too far after “digital,” and has been more or less running concurrently with it. I don’t know their etymology, but I know their history is intrinsically linked with the joke that governance in Cross River State has

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PDP, Cross River Government Disagree Over Privatization Agenda

By CrossRiverWatch Admin The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has vowed to halt the privatization agenda of the Cross River State Government. The Chairman of the party in the State, Venatius Ikem made the vow shortly after his swearing in, in Calabar on Wednesday. “We are going to mobilize the people against the plan of Governor

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PDP To Inaugurate New EXCO Tomorrow As New Chairman Issues Emotional Statement

By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Cross River State chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) will Inaugurate her new executives in Calabar, tomorrow, September 29, 2021. A statement issued by the caretaker secretary, Eko Atu said this followed “the successful conduct of the state congress of the PDP on the 18th of September, 2021.” The event

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