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
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
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
By Jonathan Ugbal Information reaching our newsroom suggests that unknown individuals dug up the armored cable which distributes power to street lights along the Kakum to Indi-Abeb section of the Bekwarra – Obudu – Wula – Ikom road. No fewer than two dozen individuals were involved in the action with an aide to Governor Ben
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
By Patrick Obia Suspected militants have reportedly abducted fifteen (15) passengers who boarded a speed boat along the Calabar-Oron waterways. The passengers were said to have departed Calabar terminal at about 5 pm on Thursday heading to Akwa-Ibom when the sea pirates intercepted the boat. A family member of one of the victims who crave
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
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