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Court Slams NGN20k Cost On Agba Jalingo, Others In Defamation Suit Instituted By Ayade’s Wife

By Jonathan Ugbal A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory sitting in Apo and presided over by Justice B. Abubakar on Thursday awarded a cost of NGN20,000 against the defendants in a defamation suit brought by Mrs. Elizabeth Alami Ayade, wife of Frank Ayade, the younger brother of a former Governor of Cross River

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Gov. Bassey Otu Dissolves Committees, Direct Appointees To Handover, Evacuate State Properties 

By CrossRiverWatch Admin Cross River State governor, Sen. Bassey Edet Otu has dissolved all committees, direct appointees to handover, and evacuate State properties. He gave the directive in a press release signed by Dr. Innocent Eteng, Permanent Secretary, General Administration Office of the Secretary to the State Government.  The release reads: “His Excellency, Sen. Bassey

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Governor Otu Set Up Task Force To Monitor, Seal Stations Hoarding, Selling Above Price 

By Patrick Obia As the scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) better known as fuel and the hike in transportation continues to range, the Governor of Cross River State, Senator Bassey Otu has constituted an 11-man Joint Task Force team to monitor and as well as seal petrol stations in the State selling above the

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Agba Jalingo Made Me Demoralized, Unhirable – Former Governor Ayade’s Sister-In-Law Tells Court

By Jonathan Ugbal Mrs. Elizabeth Ayade, wife of Mr. Frank Ayade, the younger brother to the immediate past Governor of Cross River State, Senator Ben Ayade on Wednesday told the Federal High Court that Nigerian Journalist and publisher of CrossRiverWatch, Citizen Agba Jalingo made her unhirable as a lawyer. Mrs. Ayade was called up as

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Governor Otu Sets 3-Man Transition Report Review Committee

By Patrick Obia The Executive Governor of Cross River State, Senator Bassey Otu has set a three-man committee to review the transition report. This was contained in a press release signed by the Permanent Secretary, General Administration Office, Office of the Secretary to the State Government – Dr. Innocent  Eteng, stating that the Committee is

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Governor Otu Mourns Dokpesi’s Passing At 71

By Jonathan Ugbal Cross River Governor, Senator Bassey Otu has mourned the passing of Nigerian entrepreneur and founder of DAAR Communications, Chief Raymond Dokpesi who passed away on Monday in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory aged 71. Otu, in a statement on his Twitter handle, said he is saddened as it was a blow to

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VIDEO: Sen. Bassey Edet Otu Roll-Out Plan For Cross River State 

By Patrick Obia and Wisdom Okon The newly inaugurated governor of Cross River State, Sen. Bassey Edet Otu has said his administration “is the Government of Cross Riverians by Cross Riverians for all Cross Riverians and non-Cross Riverians in our land.”  The successor of Sen. Ben Ayade remarked while presenting his inaugural speech.  He further

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VIDEO: Cross River Former Governor, Ben Ayade Lash PDP, Critics, Says Back-To-South Was Divinely Arranged

By Patrick Obia and Wisdom Okon Sen. Ben Ayade, the immediate past governor of Cross River State has posited that the back-to-south agenda was divinely orchestrated. Sen. Ayade bared his mind while giving a valedictory speech at the handing over ceremony at EJ Esuene stadium Calabar, May 29th, 2023. He said, “We have shown that

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