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Sheathe Your Sword, You Are Models To Young Ones – CNPP Beseech Owan And Usani

By Patrick Obia The conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP), Cross River State Chapter, has urged two prominent Cross Riverians, Sen. Owan Enoh and Pastor Usani Usani, to sheathe their sword as they are role models to young Cross Riverians. This was contained in a press release signed by the State chapter Chairman of CNPP,

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9th Assembly Will Work For Cross Riverians, Our Method Is Different – Speaker

By Margaret John, House of Assembly Correspondent The Speaker of the Cross River State House of Assembly, Hon. Eteng Jonah Williams has said that the 9th Assembly under his leadership will work for the people of Cross River State. He made the statement while speaking to journalists during site inspection of West African Advanced Teachers

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Why Ayade Wants A Third Airport In Cross River

By CrossRiverWatch Admin Cross River state governor, Senator Ben Ayade has explained why he is not interested in expanding and upgrading the Bebi Airstrip near the Obudu Ranch Resort to an international passenger and cargo airport, saying the strip is nestled in a magnetic mountain with high accidents rate. The governor disclosed this while hosting

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New Minimum Wage: Ayade Reaffirms Commitment To Implementation

By Nakanda Iyadim Cross River State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has again expressed his willingness to implement the new N30,000 minimum wage. Ayade restated his commitment to the implementation of the new minimum wage when the new leadership of the State Executive Council of Nigerian Labor Congress (NLC), led by its Chairman, Comrade Ben Ukpepi

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Ayade And The Media: Understanding The Issues BY AGBA JALINGO

No beating about the bush. Let me begin by showing you this internal memo. Read it. TO ALL CONCERNED His Excellency, the Digital Governor has directed that henceforth, only the underlisted persons should be part of his itinerary: Channels reporter and camera man; AIT reporter and camera man; Ashie Osor (Chronicles), Daniel Williams, Nakanda, Sunny

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Governor Ben Ayade, The Emergence Of A New Despot BY ELIAS OZIKPU

I read without an atom of surprise the news about Governor Ben Ayade’s repression against correspondents of the underlisted media organisations at the Government House in Cross River State: CrossRiverWatch, Hit FM, FAD FM and Sparkling FM. It is the sort of action I have long expected from the governor. It has never been a

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Ayade Must Not Muzzle The Media – CNPP

By Archibong Jeremiah  Reports that the Cross River State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade barred Government House Correspondents of selected media organizations from covering his activities have continued to generate reactions. The Cross River State Chapter Chairman, Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) Pastor Sunday Michael, has joined in cautioning the governor, not to bar any

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2019 Budget: Ayade To Buy Decoders With N400mln, Will Spend N4bln On Food Bank

By Jonathan Ugbal Four billion Naira has been earmarked for the food bank program of Governor Ben Ayade’s administration in Cross River State the 2019 chart of accounts reveal. The figure is N1.5 billion lesser than the N5.5 billion earmarked for the scheme in 2018. The food bank is a scheme designed to provide food

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