By Patrick Obia The Chief Judge of Cross River State, Justice Akon Ikpeme has granted the prerogative of mercy to fifty-eight (58) inmates in three custodial centers across the State. The Chief Judge who is on a tour of correctional centers in the State visited the Afokang prison in Calabar South LGA, Ikom, and Ogoja
By Theophilus Adedokun, The ICIR Thirteen of the 18 registered political parties in Nigeria have threatened to withdraw from the 2023 general elections over the naira redesign policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The political parties said they will withdraw from the election if the CBN extends the February 10 deadline for use
By Patrick Obia As the political arena continues to heat up with the general elections just a few days away, reports of attacks and other electioneering vices are beginning to spring up. A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Cross River State, Hon. Francis Ekeng is reportedly survived an assassination attempt by unknown
The Federal Government has unleashed untold hardship on the masses of Nigeria through the unprecedented scarcity of the Naira, fuel scarcity, and skyrocketing rise in fuel prices. Fuel and currency scarcity is inexplicable and unacceptable. The Federal Government has shirked its obligation to guarantee the security and welfare of the Nigerian people as provided under
I wake up every morning afraid that one day, I will be asked to renounce everything that makes me an African, or I won’t be allowed to live. By living, I mean, I won’t be allowed on a plane, I won’t be allowed in a mall, I won’t be allowed in a school, I won’t
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Code888, a political pressure group and acclaimed originator of the back-to-south mantra, has said it will intensify grassroots campaigns and mobilization for Prince Bassey Otu, the All Progressive Congress governorship candidate in next month’s election. The group said the mobilization is in continuation of their struggle to actualize the Back-To-South agenda that
TOPIC Queuing For Money, Fuel, And PVC: Reality And Way Forward. INTRODUCTION There are only 20 days left to the Presidential and National Assembly polls slated for Saturday, February 25, 2023. It is expected that the candidates of the various political parties will be on the final leg of their campaigns. However, conversations have centered
By Jonathan Ugbal The Calabar Division of the Court of Appeal on Saturday dismissed the notice filed by the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, and her guber candidate for the 2023 general elections in Cross River State, Senator Sandy Onor seeking the setting aside, a judgment of the Calabar division of the Federal High Court of