By Asare Asare, Daily Post Newspaper The stream of refugees especially from Cameroon Republic has continued to rise, the Cross River State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) says. So far, there are over 38,000 of them in various settlements in parts of the state, while there are over 70,000 refugees in the country. The Director-General SEMA,
By Richard Ndoma, Leadership Newspaper Cross River State Governor Ben Ayade has dispelled speculations in certain quarters that he has reneged on the agreement which he had with some political stakeholders from the south that power would rotate to the zone after his tenure. Ayade, who spoke at the Governor’s Lodge, Calabar at the weekend,
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By News Agency of Nigeria, NAN The Special Adviser on Sports and Cinematography to Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State, Prince Godswill Edward, has indicated interest to contest the 2023 governorship election under the All Progressives Congress. Edward, who spoke in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Calabar, said his
By Victoria Effiong Unless an urgent action is taken, the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) 500 unit prototype hostel at Cross River State University (UNICROSS) could soon become a disaster. It is a death trap for students living in it. The hostel, awarded in December 2004, was abandoned by Directed Services Limited, a local firm that
In your late twenties and thirties, you rose majestically to power in our State. Our State holds the record of having had the youngest of almost every public office at all levels in the country including notable ones like, youngest Senator ever in Nigeria (Senator Liyel Imoke @30). Youngest elected Governor ever in Nigeria (Donald
By Patrick Obia The Convener “The New Nigeria Group” Dr. Sam Ohuabunwa has declared to run for the office of President in the 2023 general elections. Dr. Sam joined the queue of those seeking the Peoples Democratic Party ticket yesterday while making his intention known to PDP members at the party’s secretariat in Calabar, the
By Elijah Ojonicko Akoji, Wikkitimes Four out of the five contractors that received over N1 billion for the installation of solar streetlights in Adamawa State are the same individuals but the projects were allegedly never executed, according to an investigation by WikkiTimes. President Muhammadu Buhari’s senior special assistant on Sustainable Development Goals, Princess Adejoke Orelope-Adedulire,