By Patrick Obia The State Chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Cross River State, Barrister Alphonsus Eba has said that the mistakes made in Governor Ben Ayade’s Government will not repeat themselves in the administration of incoming Governor-elect Senator Bassey Otu. Reports have it that Governor Ayade is not happy with some of
By Patrick Obia “We only made an appeal to the governor to please help delay salaries payment for two weeks so we can work on this (fish out party members engaged in anti-party activities).” The above are the words of the State Chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC) Cross River State chapter, Alphonsus Eba,
By Jonathan Ugbal Cross River Governor, Senator Benedict Ayade on Tuesday announced the disbandment of the Scrap Metal Regulatory Agency after accusing it of unwholesome activities. A statement emanating from Government House Calabar and shared by Governor Ayade’s media aides quoted him as saying, “I hear a particular Agency called Scrap Metal Agency Regulatory Agency
By Jonathan Ugbal With just 41 days left for him in office as Governor of Cross River State, Sen. Benedict Ayade has sworn into office a new Commissioner. The Commissioner is Mr. Udiba Effiong Udiba and will lead a new Ministry, Asset Management. It is unclear when Mr. Udiba was appointed and his nomination confirmed
By Ogar Monday and Stephanie Adams -Douglas Claim: A Facebook user shared screenshots purportedly from different media organizations, including AP, Financial Times, News 24, NDTV, and Times of India. In the screenshot, some world leaders had called the 2023 elections a sham and requested for the cancellation of the polls. Verdict: False. The screenshots are
As Prince Otu, the Cross River Governor-Elect, prepares to take over from the outgoing Governor Ben Ayade, in 43 days, it is noteworthy that there is a multitude of both those who are working in the outgoing administration and another embellished and excited horde of “it is our turn” incomers, who are pressuring Prince Otu,
By Dyepkazah Shibayan, The Cable GovIndex Leadership Empowerment and Development Foundation, a civil society organization (CSO), has given the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) a 20-day ultimatum to publish presidential election results from 2003 to date. The CSO asked the electoral commission to provide the results according to the 774 LGAs of the country. In
By Ogar Monday Peter Akpanke, the rep-elect of Obudu, Bekwarra, Obanliku Federal Constituency has thanked Legor Idagbo, his opponent at the February polls for “the wisdom, political maturity, and the spirit of sportsmanship he has displayed as genuinely manifested in his withdrawal of the earlier petition against my election on 25/02/2023, from the Election Petitions