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Wike Confers State Honors On Senator Jarigbe, Others

By Jonathan Ugbal The Rivers State Government on Saturday conferred honors on 194 individuals including the Senator representing Cross River North district in the National Assembly, Jarigbe Agom. While Senator Agom was among 160 individuals conferred with the Distinguished Service Star of Rivers State, (DSSRS) medal, Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State and his counterpart

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Inauguration: Cross River Government Makes U-Turn, Allows Public Access To Venue

By Jonathan Ugbal The Cross River State Government has made a U-Turn on its decision to restrict access to the U. J. Esuene Stadium, the venue of the inauguration of the Governor-elect, Senator Bassey Otu, and his Deputy, Rt. Hon. Peter Odey, slated for tomorrow, Monday by 9:00 AM. A statement issued on Sunday afternoon

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How Time Flies BY VENATIUS IKEM

I wonder how Governor Ayade feels today. I remember how he felt like eight years ago, today, 28th, May, 2015: he felt like an Emperor! A conqueror. I was invited to see him through Hon. Jerry Martins-Agba today at 10:00 AM. The appointment had earlier been fixed for the previous day but due to some

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Ayade Bars Public From Inauguration Venue, Restricts Movement Along 7 Routes

By Jonathan Ugbal With less than 24 hours left for him to exit the office, Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has barred the public from accessing the U. J. Esuene sports stadium in Calabar, the venue of the inauguration of the Governor-elect, Senator Bassey Otu and his Deputy, Rt. Hon. Peter Odey. “Only those

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May 27: Cross River State Governor-Elect, Sen. Bassey Otu Commemorates With Children

By Sylvia Akpan Cross River State governor-elect, Sen. Bassey Edet Otu has commemorated the May 27th, 2023, children’s day celebration and said that investing in our future means investing in our children. Otu said the theme “investing in our future means investing in our children” is apt. This was contained in a statement made available

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Building Cross River Of Our Dreams Possible – Governor-Elect Prince Otu

By Asare Asare The Governor-elect of Cross River State, Prince Bassey Otu has expressed the optimism that it is possible to build the State everyone is dreaming about. He made this optimism on his verified Twitter handle on Friday. Assuring that he has been given a rare mandate to serve, he assured he will not

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Gov. Ben Ayade Inaugurates 4 Industries In 1 Day

By Richard Ndoma, Leadership Newspaper  Cross River State governor Ben Ayade has embarked on a commissioning spree as he inaugurated four industries in one fell swoop. The industries are some of his legacy projects. They include the 24, 000 birds per day chicken processing factory known as Calachika which is the first of its kind

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Violence That Marred Governorship And House Of Assembly Elections In Cross River

During the March 18 Governorship and House of Assembly elections in Cross River State, pockets of violence were recorded in six Local Government Areas, this report by Patrick Obia documents them. The Governorship and House of Assembly elections in Cross River State was a battle of the titans, between the All Progressive Congress Sen. Bassey

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