By Our Reporter About two thousand members of the Bakassi Strike Force led by Benjamin Ene on Monday surrendered a cache of dreadful looking arms and ammunition to weapons to Operation Delta Safe bringing to an end five years of militancy at the Bakassi Peninsula and surrounding creeks. The event which took place at the
By Jonathan Ugbal; Government House Correspondent The Cross River State Governor, Sen. Ben Ayade has granted amnesty to the Bakassi Strike Force (Agitators), led by their leader G1. The group led by their leader G1 came out in their numbers as well as surrendered many several categories of assault rifle. The surrendering of BSF is
By Efa Sunday; Live From Abuja The Cross River contingent in the ongoing National Sport Festival (NSF) Abuja have bagged 5 Gold, 11 Silver and 5 Bronze to make a total of twenty-one (21) medal placing them at 19th position in the NSF ranking. The team members who participated in only eight sports out a
By Archibong Jeremiah An FCT High Court which sat in Abuja has declared a former Minister of Information, Professor Jerry Gana, as the winner of the Presidential primary of the Social Democratic Party (SDP). Justice Hussein Baba-Yusuf made the declaration on Friday in his ruling and nullified the candidacy of former Cross River State Governor,
By Archibong Jeremiah Hon. Justice Ekwo of the Federal High Court Calabar, the Cross River State capital has ruled as “unconstitutional, illegal, and null and void” for the Cross River State House of Assembly to declare the seat of Hon. Elucate Ekom Okara (Obubra 2) vacant for decamping from PDP to APC. The judgment was
By Archibong Jeremiah A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory sitting at Bwari, on Thursday, ordered the National Working Committee, NWC, of the All Progressive Congress, APC, to recognise the list of candidates for the 2019 general election in Cross River State, submitted by the Chief Etim John led executives of the party. Justice
Efa Sunday The Cross River contingents participating in the 19th edition of the National Sports Festival, currently ongoing in National Stadium, Abuja, have clinched sixteen medals so far. The festival which started on 7th of December, 2018, had Team Cross River registered for nine sports, out of a total of thirty-nine. The category of sports
By Archibong Jeremiah Following the recent arrest of Mr. Edet Okon Asim, Special Adviser on Forestry and Biodiversity to the Cross River State Governor, Sen. Ben Ayade over allegation of severally abusing a 15 years old girl (name withheld) sexually, a NGO, Project Alert on Violence Against Women has written to the Inspector General (IG)