By Ushang Ewa The last may not have been heard of the February 26th 2022, legislative by-elections held in two constituencies in Cross River State as the political parties continue to react. While the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) won the Akpabuyo State constituency by-election, the All Progressives Congress (APC) was declared winner for that of
By CrossRiverWatch Admin A day-old baby has been found lifeless in a waste bin around the Calabar-Calabar roundabout late Tuesday night. The baby who was already dead when The Parchment reporters arrived at the scene was suspected to have been abandoned there by the mother after delivery close to the Navy reference hospital. A scavenger
By Jonathan Ugbal The candidates of the Allied People’s Movement (APM) Ongro Ogbeche, People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Michael Usibe, and the Young Progressives Party (YPP) Monkom Igbaji in the February 26th, 2022 legislative by-elections for the Ogoja/Yala federal constituency have rejected the outcome of the results. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Mr. Jude
By Patrick Obia The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) on Monday in Calabar, protested the incessant strike action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). ASUU embarked on a month long total and comprehensive strike on February 14th, the 16th since 1999, to press home its demands for the implementation of the renegotiated
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By Deborah Tolu-Kolawole, Punch Newspaper The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige has said that any proposed increase in allowances and salaries by the Academic Staff Union of Universities not in sync with the National Salaries, Income and Wages Commission (NSIWC) will not scale through. The Minister also advised the union to work
By Jonathan Ugbal The chairman of the People’s Democratic Party in Cross River State, Venatius Ikem has said that his party won the “legitimate vote,” in the February 26th 2022 legislative by-elections for the Ogoja/Yala federal constituency. Mr. Jude Ngaji of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was declared winner of the polls by the returning
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The member elect representing the Ogoja/Yala federal constituency, Jude Ngaji has reacted to his victory at the February 26th 2022, legislative by-elections. He said he wants to be the legislator that listens to his constituents. Ngaji, 48, beat eight other candidates in the by-elections. And, on Sunday, hours after he was declared