By Ogar Monday Prof. Sandy Onor, the Governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in next year’s polls has said that the warm welcome the party has received and the inroads it has made into the Southern Senatorial District has proven that “the Back-To-South mantra is an illusion.” Onor insisted that people of the
By News Agency of Nigeria, NAN The Obong of Calabar, Edidem Ekpo Okon Abasi Otu (V), has assured the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of support during the 2023 elections in Cross River. The traditional ruler gave the assurance in Calabar on Wednesday during a courtesy call to his palace by the State Resident Electoral
By SaharaReporters The Federal High Court in Calabar, Cross River State has dismissed a suit that sought to nullify the candidacies of the governorship and deputy governorship candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the State. Senator Prince Bassey Edet Otu and Hon. Peter Agbe Odey was nominated as the governorship and deputy governorship
By Jonathan Ugbal The Presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, AAC, in the 2023 general elections, Omoyele Sowore on Friday, in Calabar the Cross River State capital, described as an anathema, the decision to have a uniform national building code for the entire country. Sowore who stated this while addressing attendees at the 62nd
By Ogar Monday Former Cross River State Governor, Donald Duke has been named as the Chairman of the Cross River State People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Campaign Council, and he will therefore head the party’s charge toward taking back the Peregrino House. The decision was contained in a long list of campaign councils announced by the
Agents of the All Progressive Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are going around Enugu State to collect the identification number on voter cards and the personal information of voters. Ben Aroh of The Whistler investigates this game plan of the two dominant political parties in the forthcoming 2023 general elections. Ebere Okorie, a
By Archibong Jeremiah Journalists and Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in the South-South geopolitical zone have been trained and tasked with conflict-sensitive reporting, 2023 general elections, and countering fake news. The over 35 participants were charged at a 2-day workshop in Port Harcourt organized by the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) in partnership with the
By News Agency of Nigeria, NAN A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Cross River, Mr. Sam Bassey, and some community leaders in Biase Local Government Area of the State have pledged support for the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Sen. Sandy Onor. They made the declaration at a stakeholders’