By CrossRiverWatch Admin Listen To The Report Cross River State Governor, Sen. Ben Ayade has joined the Nigerian presidential race. The Governor received the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential nomination, and expression of interest forms purchased for him by groups, including Arewa youths. Ayade, who was overwhelmed by the gesture, promised to fix the country,
By Jonathan Ugbal Listen To The Report A High Court of Cross River, presided over by Justice Bassey Ebuta failed to hear the case instituted by journalist cum rights activist, Citizen Agba Jalingo against the State Government for the continuous collection of levies and fees from pupils and students in public Primary and Junior Secondary
By Anietie Akpan, The Guardian Newspaper Listen To The Report Tension is mounting in the Cross River State All Progressives Congress (APC) over the party’s inability to choose aspirants for the 2023 governorship race. Also, its final caucus meeting scheduled for yesterday was canceled. Already, the Victor Ndoma-Egba (SAN)-led seven-man committee assigned to prune the
By Tina Agoso Todo, The Guardian Newspaper Listen To The Report A 70-year-old man, Bassey Inyang, has been arrested on allegations of sexually assaulting a 12 year-old-girl in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. It was gathered that the suspect carried out the act in his apartment at 14 Waddell Street, Mbukpa community in Calabar
By The Guardian Newspaper Listen To The Report As the second round of an eight-week warning strike by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, comes to an end today, the union is preparing to announce an indefinite strike. The second round of the warning was declared by ASUU after a meeting of
By Lawani Mikairu, Vanguard Newspaper Listen To The Report Domestic airline operators, under the aegis of Airline Operators of Nigeria, AON, have called off their planned suspension of flights which was billed to commence on Monday. A statement signed by the President of AON, Alhaji Abdulmunaf Yunusa Sarina, and endorsed by other members said they
By Ogar Monday Listen To The Report The former Governor of Akwa Ibom State and a presidential aspirant of the All Progressive Congress, APC, Sen. Godswill Akpabio has said that before he became Governor, Akwa Ibom used to be considered a ‘pedestrian’ State for people on their way to Calabar or Port Harcourt. Sen. Akpabio
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Listen To The Report Sparkling 92.3FM is set to mark its 4th anniversary with a public lecture aimed at sensitizing political actors against the spread of disinformation ahead of the 2023 general elections. Sparkling Frequency Modulation, FM, began transmission in Cross River and its environs on May 12th, 2018, joining the three