By Jonathan Ugbal A coalition of rights groups and activists based in Nigeria and the United Kingdom have appealed to the international community, and the Federal and State Governments to ensure that those who murdered five people last week in Ndon Nwong community in Odukpani Local Government Area, Cross River State on the allegations of
By Patrick Obia The Governor of Cross River State, Sen. Ben Ayade has presented a three hundred and thirty billion (330) Naira budget for 2023 to the State House of Assembly. The budget is termed the budget of Quantum Infinitum. He said the recurrent expenditure is pegged at one hundred and thirty (130) billion Naira
There is one alarm button I won’t stop pressing mainly because of the consequences of its imminent explosion. The piling number of thousands of graduating students without any skill or ability to solve any problem is something that we must not stop to talk about. While several of our country’s most disciplined pioneers and high
By Mary Bassey The Governor of Cross River State, Sen. Ben Ayade has approved the appointment of 599 appointees in the last nine days, without designations. Mr. Ayade had on October 17, 2022 approved the appointment of 379 and, on Tuesday 25 October, he further approved another 220, also without designation bringing a total of
By Patrick Obia Akrabah, Akwurinyin, and Abukpem are three of the thirteen political wards which make up Gakem in Bekwarra Local Government Area of Cross River State. It is about five kilometers from the Local Government capital – Abuochiche, 30 Kilometers from Vandeikya Local Government of Benue State, and shares boundaries with neighboring Yala in
By Patrick Obia It was a teary and emotion-filled Wednesday afternoon at the ongoing FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup in India as the Flamingos of Nigeria lost 5:6 on penalty shootouts to the Las Cafeteras of the Columbian U-17 women’s team. Both teams had played the first 45 minutes nil-nil in a game that was
By Jonathan Ugbal Justice Rosemary Dugbo Oghoghorie of the Calabar division of the Federal High Court has struck out a criminal case filed by the Federal Government against the House of Representatives candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, for the Obudu/Obanliku/Bekwarra federal constituency in the 2023 general elections, Mr. Peter Akpanke, and four others.
By Jonathan Ugbal A former federal lawmaker and Cross River State Central Senatorial candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in the 2023 general elections, Honorable Bassey Eko Ewa on Tuesday told the Calabar division of the Federal High Court presided over by Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu that he never left the party as insinuated by