By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade on Sunday polled 1,937 votes to emerge the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2019 gubernatorial elections. Announcing the results at the U.J Esuene Stadium, the Chairman of the PDP’s electoral committee, Honorable Olorogun Tebite and former member of the
By Efa Sunday The Peoples’ Democratic Party through it’s National Working Committee has ordered the withdrawal of the clearance certificate issued to one of it’s gubernatorial aspirant in Cross River state and pioneer National Publicity Secretary of the party, Hon. Emmanuel Ibeshi The withdrawal order was made through a memo issued on Friday and signed
By Sunday Efa The Cross River Coordinator of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Mr. Godwin Odey has said that only 300, 000 out of the over 4.2 million residents in the State have registered for the compulsory National Identity Number. According to him, “This means that only 7 percent of the population has been
By Efa Sunday The management of the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH) says it is planning to set up a committee that will ensure efficiency in the discharge of services to patients. The Chief Medical Director, Dr. Thomas Agan disclosed this while reacting to questions and concerns raised by doctors in the hospital during
By Deborah Obot, Efa Sunday and David Nsa Schools, banks and public offices in Calabar, the Cross River State capital were on Thursday, shut down in compliance with the directive of the organised labor for a nationwide strike over the failure of the Nigerian government to agree on the new minimum wage. Below are images
By Margaret John and Efa Sunday In a bid to position the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Cross River state to achieve maximum success ahead of the 2019 general elections, the state chairman, Dr. Mathew Achigbe has inaugurated a six man committee to reconcile all aggrieved groups and members. Prince Bassey Otu, a former senator,
By David Nsa The Director General of the Greater Calabar Capital City Development Authority, Comrade Kingsley Ikpeme has called on the Nigerian Navy to step up its patrol of the nation’s maritime environment with a view to curb the crime rate especially in Cross River State. Mr. Ikpeme made the call during a courtesy visit
By Inyali Peter A gubernatorial aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. John Upan Odey has reaffirmed his preparedness for the party’s primaries as well as the general elections. Odey said this while addressing a coalition of youth groups from the central senatorial district of the state who visited him in his office in