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Panic In PDP As APC Woos Cross River, Zamfara, Bauchi Governors

By Eniola Akinkuotu, Punch Newspaper The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been thrown into panic following an attempt by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to bring in Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State, Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State and his Cross River State counterpart, Governor Ben Ayade, The Punch Newspaper has

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Interrogating The Soft Landing For Retired Military Service Chiefs And Understanding The Buhari Persona

ThisDay Editor, Magnus Onyibe uses the recent appointment of former Service Chiefs as Ambassadors as basis to focus on certain character traits of President Muhammadu Buhari. Given the pattern of events in the past six years of President Muhammadu Buhari’s stewardship as President and Commander-ln-Chief of The Armed Forces of Nigeria, it is easy to

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2023: Don’t Wrestle Governorship With South – Code 888 Warns, It’s Theirs

By Maxwell Effiong Code 888, a Cross River political group has sued that zoning be continued in the State, suggesting that, come 2023 the Governorship seat be left for the Southern Senatorial District. The group in a media parley in Calabar made the suggestion where it’s Director General, Maurice Nkong in his address to declare

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By-Election: Tribunal Strikes Out Two Cases In Cross River

By Nsa Gill, The Nation Newspaper An inaugural session to signal the beginning of sitting by the National and State House of Assembly Election Petition Tribunal, following the by-election that held in Cross River State on December 5, last year, began yesterday in Calabar. The three-man tribunal presided over by Justice Yusuf Ubale Muhammad as

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NAS F-18: Nigerian Journalist Charged With Treason, Agba Jalingo To Speak On Prison Reforms At Citizens Summit

By Jonathan Ugbal Agba Jalingo, the Nigerian Journalist facing trial for alleged acts of treason and terrorism over an opinion article he wrote in July 2019 will on Thursday speak on prison reforms at the F-18 Day summit of the National Association of Seadogs (NAS) in the country’s port city of PortHarcourt. Mr. Jalingo spent

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Cross River Chief Judge And The Heroes BY EBUN-OLU ADEGBORUWA

On February 8, 2021, the Honourable Justice Akon Bassey Ikpeme, was sworn in as the substantive Chief Judge of Cross River State, in a colourful ceremony that was attended and watched live by many. It has been a tortuous journey, for My Lord in particular. How did it happen? On March 3, 2020, Governor Ben

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CRUTECH Now UNICROSS After Assent To Bill By Ayade

By Jonathan Ugbal Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State has signed into law, the bill seeking to establish the University of Cross River State (UNICROSS) and other matters connected therewith. Law Number 2 of 2020 of the Cross River State House of Assembly repeals the old law (CAP C19 Laws of Cross River State

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Libel Case Against CrossRiverWatch, Agba Jalingo Adjourned To March 21 As Bank’s Witness Fails To Turn Up Again

By Ushang Ewa A High Court of Cross River State sitting in Calabar and presided over by Justice Maurice Eneji has adjourned a libel case against an online Newspaper, CrossRiverWatch and journalist, Agba Jalingo until March 21, 2021 for hearing after the witness to the Cross River Microfinance Bank limited which is the claimant in

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