By Jonathan Ugbal With less than six weeks left in their administration and those of council Chairmen and Chairpersons, Cross River Deputy Governor, Professor Ivara Esu has concluded a performance and evaluation tour of the 18 Local Government Areas in the State. The performance tour commenced early in April with Professor Esu visiting several projects
By Donatus Anichukwueze, Channels Television President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday asserted that while the All Progressives Congress (APC) worked hard to retain power in the 2023 elections, the combined opposition was a victim of overconfidence. According to a statement by his spokesman, Garba Shehu, Buhari spoke at the State House when he received the Progressives
By Asare Asare, Daily Post The Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in Cross River State, Alphonsus Eba has ordered the Ward 8 exco in Calabar Municipality to immediately reverse the purported suspension of the Commissioner for Culture and Tourism, Ntufam Ekpenyong Iso. Eba summoned the ward Exco yesterday for a meeting where
In 2011, you ran for the Cross River North Senatorial seat and got it on a platter of gold against more popular candidates. Both from your PDP primaries against more popular Paul Adah (now late), and Musa Adede, who was incumbent, as well as the opposition APP and ACN then, there were accusations of rampant
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Former Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice in Cross River State, Eyo Ekpo Esq, and sixty-three (63) others have been listed as members of Dr. Peter Mbah, the Governor-elect of Enugu State’s Transition Committee. TheEasterner reports that the Committee includes internationally-recognized technocrats, good governance, transparency and accountability advocates, financial and management experts, entrepreneurs,
By Leadership Newspaper Can you tell us a little about your early childhood? I had a humble beginning, in a strict home. My father was always on a journey with Scottish missionaries and my mum was a teacher. Of course, there was no way one would have escaped from going to school. I had a
By Judex Okoro, Daily Sun The Cross River State All Progressives Congress (APC) stakeholders have raised the alarm over the incumbent 18 local government Chairmen’s insistence that Governor Ben Ayade should conduct of council elections before the May 29 handover. The stakeholders wondered why the council chairmen should be mounting pressure on Governor Ben Ayade
By Patrick Obia The incumbent Governor of Cross River, Sen. Ben Ayade, and the Governor-elect, Sen. Bassey Otu have congratulated Muslims on the successful completion of the 29-day Ramadan fast and urged them to pray for peace and unity in the state and country as they mark this year’s Eid-el Fitri. In an Eid-El-Fitr message