By Judex Okoro, Daily Sun One of the Chairmanship aspirants in the pending PDP State congress in Cross River, Mr. Venatius Ikem in this interview speaks on various political issues ranging from in-fighting in PDP, zoning arrangements to his mission to rescue the party in the State. The Obudu-born politician has held various political offices ranging
By Nsa Gill – The Nation Newspaper A team from the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) has visited Cross River State to track constituency projects awarded between the years; 2016 and 2018 to Senators and House of Representative members. The projects valued at over 1.9 billion naira took the ICPC team to all the Local
By Patrick Obia One of the major achievements of a Senator representing a particular people in the National Assembly especially in Nigeria is, sponsoring good bills that will be beneficial to it’s constituency. Cross River State, one of the six States that make up the South-South Zone of Nigeria, has three Senatorial District, namely: Southern
By Archibong Jeremiah Ibom Air, an aviation company owned by the Akwa Ibom State Government has announced the addition of Calabar as it’s newest destination. According to a statement via its Facebook page, the company revealed that “beginning from Monday the 20th of July 2020, Ibom Air will fly from Lagos and Abuja to and
By Lovina Anthony, Daily Post Deplorable state of Federal roads, result of negligence. Privatisation of Federal roads, the solution to having lasting roads. The Senator representing Ikot Ekpene senatorial district, Sen. Christopher Ekpenyong, has urged the Federal Government to consider Ikot Ekpene-Umuahia, Aba-Ikot Ekpene, and Ikot Ekpene-Calabar Highways for privatisation. Ekpenyong in an interview with
By Nsa Gill, The Nation Newspaper The leadership crisis that has bedeviled the Cross River State Chapter of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in the past five years has continued to linger despite recent Appeal Court Judgement and the subsequent development at the national level which led to the dissolution of the National Working Committee
By Edem Edem, Daily Post No one is above the law The Head of Chamber, Mba Ukweni and Associates, Barrister Mba Ukweni SAN, has said that the suspension of Ibrahim Magu, as Acting Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), was long overdue. Speaking on Tuesday night with this reporter, Ukweni said nobody is
By Moses Emorinken, Nation Newspaper We’re poised to resolving the issues between NMA and Cross River Government – FG The Federal Government on Monday sent a 17-man delegation to Cross River State to beef up its COVID-19 response strategy and ensure that the disruption of routine medical services is eliminated. The delegation will also be meeting