By John Alechenu, The Punch Northern Governors elected on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) have asked the Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd) administration to stop intimidating members of the opposition into joining the All Progressives Congress (APC). The Taraba State Governor, Darius Ishaku said this after a meeting with his colleagues in
By Maxwell Effiong As defection and resignation festival in Cross River State continues, another Special Adviser to Governor Ben Ayade on Environment, Mr. Obeten Ewa Mkang (JP) has followed the tread of others to resign. Mr. Obeten took the bow in a three paragraphs letter addressed to the Secretary to the State Government (SSG). His
By Egufe Yafugborhi, Vanguard News Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State on Tuesday described his colleagues (Governors) and other members of his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) as lacking conscience and not trustworthy. Wike at the flag off of Woji-Aleto-Alesa-Refinery road and bridge with spur
By News Of Nigeria (NAN) The Cross River State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has placed an order for three million bunches of brooms from local broom makers for the new entrants into the party. The party’s Publicity Secretary, Bassey Ita, disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen in Calabar on
By Sun Newspaper Speculations are rife in Cross River State that the National leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) may have tactfully given nod to the candidature of Senators Sandy Onor and Gershom Bassey as their governorship aspirant ahead of the 2023 race. This development, political pundits in the State say follows from what
By Nurudeen Lawal, Legit.Ng The Election Petitions Tribunal (EPT) sitting in Calabar, the Cross River State capital, has upheld the victory of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Stephen Odey, in the Cross River North Senatorial District by-election. ThisDay reported that the three-man panel of the tribunal delivered its ruling on Friday, June 18. The panel led by
By CrossRiverWatch Admin At least nine person’s including a former member of the Cross River State House of Assembly, Tom Agi were injured after they were hit by bullets fired from guns used by security officials attached to the defection rally of Alphonsus Ogar Eba, the Director General of the Cross River State Bureau of
By Sentry, The Nation Very reliable sources in Calabar, the Cross River State capital said during the week that Governor Ben Ayade is not joking when he said he will turn the State into an All Progressives Congress (APC) fortress in the shortest time possible. “Ayade believes in his new party, the APC and he