By Ogar Monday Listen To The Report The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has warned that political parties that fail to conduct their party primaries within the next one month risk not being on the ballot for next year’s election. The warning, contained in a letter by the Commission, signed by Mr. Festus Okoye, National
By Ogar Monday Listen To The Report Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State has directed his appointees to resign from their offices if they intend to contest in next year’s general elections. Ayade in a letter with reference number GO/PRESS/12/VOL.II/144, signed by Mr. Christian Ita, his aide on Media and Publicity, directed that the
By Patrick Obia Listen To The Report The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Cross River State, says permanent voter’s cards are ready for collection. INEC in a public announcement signed by the Administrative Secretary, Davis Obo, noted that voter’s cards for fresh registrants, who registered between June and December 2021 in Cross River State are
Listen To The Article The number of presidential aspirants in the country today throws up memories of the 1992 era when we had the Shehu Musa Yar’adua’s, the Olusola Sarakis, the Francis Arthur Nzeribes, the Emmanuel Inwanyanwus, the Umaru Shinkafi’s, the Adamu Ciromas, the Alabo Graham Douglas, the Olu Falaes, the Abel Ubeku, etc seeking
By Patrick Obia Listen To The Report “When I looked all around, only for me to realize that when the governor gave us the mandate to come and choose who will be the candidate of the party, I said I want to be very transparent and fair; I said I would not want the party
By Jonathan Ugbal Listen To The Report Cross River State Governor, Sen. Ben Ayade on Tuesday informed President Muhammadu Buhari of his intention to join the presidential race. Ayade, who defected to the All Progressives Congress, APC, in 2021, made his intention known after meeting with President Buhari in Aso Rock, where he said he
By Patrick Obia Listen To The Report The agitation for zoning, that Gov. Ben Ayade’s successor should come from the Southern Senatorial District has taken a twist, a group under the aegis of the Coalition of Akamkpa and Biase Stakeholders, CABS, has said the governorship seat should not only be zoned to the Southern Senatorial
Listen To The Article If what we want as a country is development; if we desire to bring security and welfare to the people, then we must come to the conclusion that periodic elections in the manner we go about them in Nigeria today will not attain that goal. The hope that democracy provides above