In May 2015, Ben Ayade, the Obudu born Professor, Senator representing Cross River North at the time, and governorship flag bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the 2015 general election in Cross River State, declared an end to the sufferings of Obudu people to the delight of an ecstatic crowd that gathered at
Six years ago, just after taking office, Governor Ayade made a very strong case for the abundant mineral resources in our State during a visit by the Minister of Solid Minerals to Peregrino House in Calabar, and shortly after, the Cross River State Ministry of Solid Minerals obtained exploration licenses for mineral resources from the
At the thanksgiving mass in honor of Justice Emmanuel Agim, on his elevation to the Supreme Court, at the St. Patrick Catholic Church in Calabar yesterday, Governor Ayade, after launching the 2022 harvest theme and donating N25m, reportedly told the Bishop John Ayah, who came from Uyo to Calabar that, “Before you depart for your
Listen To The Article The life of Dr. Justin Udie is an inspiration to a lot of Nigerian youths globally. And, on the occasion of his 4oth birthday anniversary, there is a need to chronicle a brief profile of the native of Kakum in Obudu Local Government Area of Cross River State. Born in his
Listen To The Report Governor Ayade yesterday signed a concession agreement to hand the 38 industries he says he has built, to a non-existent company he called HBMSL Consortium, headed by one Pastor Yemisi Kudehinbu, who was at the signing of the concession agreement in Calabar. The industries are then expected to roll out products
Listen To The Report 250 petty traders at the Shopping Center complex, Watt Market under the auspices of Unified Traders Association are currently being exploited and extorted by the youths in Wards 3, 4 and 5 as well as the Calabar South Local Government Council led by Hon. Esther Bassey. From data and estimates made
Listen To The Article It is becoming prevalent that there is hardly a local government and community in Cross River State that could boldly say it has not had one form of strife or violent face-off with its neighbors and groups over disagreement on land issues or other mundane matters. Resorting to conflict and violence
Listen To The Article Two pernicious political scenarios are presently playing out in Nigeria, and if they are not strangled before noon, will inflict an incurable injury on Nigeria’s democracy, thereby compounding the woes of what has been a stunted democratic growth during the last 23 years. In Yobe Northern Senatorial District of Northern Nigeria,