By Ogar Monday Listen To The Report The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has warned that political parties that fail to conduct their party primaries within the next one month risk not being on the ballot for next year’s election. The warning, contained in a letter by the Commission, signed by Mr. Festus Okoye, National
By Patrick Obia Listen To The Report No fewer than fifteen (15) journalists in Cross River State were on Thursday, May 5, 2022, harassed and chased out of the venue of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo’s consultation visit to Cross River. This is happening two days after the World Press Freedom Day celebration aimed at protecting
By Mary Bassey Listen To The Report Two cars were involved in a road accident today due to careless driving at Rabana roundabout, Ndidem Usang Iso road, Calabar. An eyewitness reported that the two cars were coming from angular directions. The gray Toyota Camry with the plate number LAGOS JJJ470DW which was along the Ndidem
By Ogar Monday Listen To The Report Rights activist cum journalist, Citizen Agba Jalingo’s new book, “A compendium of Social Thoughts,” is now available on Amazon, an e-commerce website. The book, with 276 pages and in three parts published by Nkanemi Services, contains some of Jalingo’s thoughts and articles on social issues in Nigeria, published
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Listen To The Report Jarigbe Agom, the Senator representing Cross River Northern District in the 9th National Assembly has postponed a town hall meeting with his constituents earlier billed for May 5, 2022. Senator Agom in a message to CrossRiverWatch said this was due to pressing issues and the need to ensure
By Ogar Monday Listen To The Report The Cross River Governor, Sen. Ben Ayade has asked Permanent Secretaries in all the Ministries, Departments, and Agencies, MDAs in the State to assess appointees under their MDA for cabinet reshuffling purposes. The announcement, which was contained in a letter signed by Mr. Christian Ita, Special Adviser to
By George Odok, News Agency of Nigeria Listen TO The Report Chairman of APC in Cross River State, Barr. Alphonsus Ogar Eba has inaugurated the ad hoc committee to prune the number of governorship aspirants from 16 to 4. The Committee is expected to recommend four aspirants, two from the Central and two from the
By Ogar Monday Listen To The Report A Cross River State High Court in Calabar has summoned the Cross River State Governor, Sen. Ben Ayade, the Commissioner for Quality Education, Dr. Godwin Amanke, and the Chairman of the State Universal Basic Education Board, SUBEB, Sen. Stephen Odey to defend themselves against claims of illegal charges