By Ovat Abeng Obedient General Worldwide, a support group rooting for the reelection of President Bola Tinubu in 2027, has inaugurated coordinators in European countries, with the hope of using them to drive votes in the diaspora for Tinubu. The group held the inauguration on Friday in Brussels, Belgium, to mark a 10-day tour embarked…
By Kelvin Obambon The African Democratic Congress (ADC) Governorship Candidate in Cross River, Ambassador Nkoyo Toyo, has strongly condemned the heavy taxation and levies weighing down businesses in the state, stating that citizens are trapped in an endless cycle of economic extraction. Speaking during a town hall meeting led by the party’s Vice Presidential candidate,…
By Kelvin Obambon Former Minister of Transportation and Vice Presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, has criticized President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over the administration’s handling of the fuel subsidy removal. Speaking on Saturday during a town hall meeting in Calabar, Cross River State, Amaechi alleged that President Tinubu…
By Ovat Abeng The Anambra State office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has commence its interactive engagement meeting with relevant stakeholders including the media ahead of the 2027 general election. The Commission flags off the event at its headquarters in Awka on Friday, October 9th, 2026. In her opening speech, the Resident Electoral…
By Nsan Ndoma-Neji For 23 years, 44-year-old Daniel Emori has lived in agony on sickbed after a stray cow knocked him down. It was October 10, 2003. The Adadama, Abi Local Government Area of Cross River State-born young man was just 21, full of dreams and hustle. Born on May 3, 1982, into a poor…
By Ovat Abeng Nigerian technology entrepreneur and Flutterwave Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Olugbenga “GB” Agboola, has been named to the Silicon Valley & The World Advisory Board’s Founders Council, joining more than 50 global entrepreneurs, business leaders and technology figures in a major initiative focused on the future of technology, artificial intelligence and global…
By Kelvin Obambon A prominent grassroots political movement in Cross River, Fusion 196, has officially endorsed the State Governor, Prince Bassey Edet Otu, for a second term in office ahead of the 2027 general elections. The movement announced its endorsement during its 4th Quarter Stakeholders’ Forum held in Calabar, on Friday, declaring a complete transition…
An Ado-Ekiti-born mini-truck driver, Adeleye Adeniyi, has said he borrowed N3.5m to support the re-election bids of President Bola Tinubu, Senate Leader Opeyemi Bamidele and Ekiti State House of Assembly member Steve Fatoba. Adeniyi, popularly known as “Online Loan Man for BAO”, disclosed this in an interview with journalists now circulating on Friday, in which…
By Sylvia Akpan It was already late on Tuesday evening when CrossRiverWatch arrived at Ikang Primary Health Center in Bakassi Local Government Area of Cross River State. Before the facility came into view, however, the road seemed to disappear into darkness. The unpaved approach was swallowed by thick vegetation. There was no gatekeeper, no security…
The Intelligence Response Team of the Nigeria Police Force has foiled an alleged plot to kidnap a prophetess and assistant pastor in Abuja, arresting four suspects and recovering a locally made firearm and a vehicle allegedly prepared for the operation. The suspects were paraded by the IRT as part of the unit’s recent operations against…
