By Jonathan Ugbal Governor Benedict Ayade on Wednesday appointed 90 aides including an ex aide, Edet Okon Asim whom his immediate past Attorney General okayed for trial for alleged sexual offenses. A statement signed by his spokesman, Christian Ita and issued in Calabar listed 90 Senior Special Advisers and Special Advisers. This is in sharp
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, on Monday, called on the Department of State Service, DSS, to release detained journalist and activist, Mr. Agba Jalingo. Soyinka said this on the sidelines of the 50th anniversary of the country’s Civil War with the theme: “Nigerian Civil War: 50 years after.” He said there is
Three days ago, I filed a suit at the Federal High Court, Calabar, challenging the action of the Governor of Cross River State in creating the ministries of Aviation, Foreign Affairs and Solid Minerals. The Governor and the State Government will certainly be served with the Court process this week. So, ordinarily, every discussion on
Introduction A political appointee is a term that refers to anyone who has been appointed by someone who was elected into office to man different positions and for different reasons. A political appointment can be made by another appointee also such as an agency head. However, people often use it to refer to appointees of
For living up to the responsibility of his vocation and professional calling and for also daring to report the sleaze observed in the Five Hundred Million (N500, 000,000.00) Naira appropriated and approved for Cross River Micro Finance Bank, Agba Jalingo was hounded like a common criminal from his home in Lagos in the middle of
By Patrick Obia Basic Right Counsel Initiative has threatened to sue Mr. Emmanuel Etim, Special Adviser to Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State on Creative Economy, Mr. Finest Uwaoma, University of Calabar staff and others for intellectual piracy. The NGO made the disclosure in a press statement signed by its Principal Counsel, James Ibor,
By Archibong Jeremiah Pyrates Confraternity, Jokaina Deck (Cross River State Chapter) has written to Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State over the continuous incarceration of Agba Jalingo. The group called on Ayade to secure his release stating that it has become worrisome in several quarters that Jalingo will be incarcerated for demanding accountability. In the
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Cross River State Governor, Sen. Ben Ayade has just signed into Law NGN1.116 trillion budget estimates for the 2020 fiscal year. The signing of “Olimpotic Meristemasis” took place in the Executive Chamber of Peregrino House. It will be recalled that our newsroom has done three series of five (General, Economic and