By CrossRiverWatch admin I am not in the mood to write. Not been lately but a friend just provoked a little thought. We may sometimes think that the failure of Ayade will be recorded as a failure of Cross River North senatorial District to rise to the challenge of leadership in the state. I think
It is said that war does not know who is right or wrong, but who is left – at the end of the day. So, to my chagrin, I watch and listen to the purported feud between Governor Ben Ayade and his kinsman, Barrister Venatius Ikem, both from Obudu, Cross River State. While the Governor
By Sylvia Etta Reprieve has come the way of the former Spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Barrister Venatius Ikem as the High Court of Cross River State sitting in Calabar has granted a stay of action on the order of arrest issued against Ikem by Chief Magistrate E.E. Edodi on Wednesday, January 13,
By CrossRiverWatch admin A Calabar Magistrates Court today issued a warrant of arrest on a former Obudu Local Government Chairman, former Commissioner, and APC stalwart, Barrister Venatius Ikem for allegedly failing to appear in court. CrossRiverWatch gathered from sources that yesterday, a summons requesting Barrister Ikem to appear before a Chief Magistrates Court in Calabar
By Ikwen Atuaka A former Group General Manager, Crude Oil Marketing Department, GGM COMD of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC Jedy Agba has dumped the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP for the All Progressives Congress, APC. The frontline gubernatorial aspirant in the last general elections was this afternoon welcomed into his new political family by
In politics it is often said that perception is reality. In street wisdom similarly it is said that there is no smoke without fire. The last six months of Governor Ayade’s daring steps in effecting what in his mind must be revolutionary changes in approach to governance has left many a citizen in my view
For over two months the two local governments of Obudu and Obanlikwu have been completely cut off from the national grid of electricity supply. Reason: to punish them for daring to complain and protest over the overbearing and fraudulent activities of the staff of the Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company PHEDC, that services the area!
By CrossRiverWatch admin Venatius Ikem is a former Chairman of Obudu LGA in Cross River state. He is also a former national Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and a former Commissioner in Cross River State. Vena, as he is fondly called is very blunt and controversial, and in this interview with CrossRiverWatch,