By Emma Una The 2023 Election Petitions Tribunal for Cross River North Senate petition, EPT/CR/SEN/02/2023 brought before it by Senator Ben Ayade against the election of Senator Jarigbe Agom on Thursday reserved judgment on a date to be communicated to all the parties in the matter. This is sequel to the conclusion of proceedings on
By Ike Uchechukwu, Vanguard Newspaper The Senator representing Cross River North Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Sen. Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe has tendered 1,531 exhibits and presented 33 witnesses to defend his electoral victory at the Saturday, February 25, 2023 Presidential and National Assembly elections. Jarigbe, represented by his legal team, headed by Mba Ukweni,
By Richard Ndoma, Leadership Newspaper Immediate past governor of Cross River State, Prof. Ben Ayade, has taken a swipe at Governor Bassey Otu’s media aide, Emmanuel Ogbeche, over allegations that the state was badly managed during his administration Ogbeche, the chief press secretary to the governor, had accused Ayade of misgovernance and that it would
By Agency Report Emmanuel Ogbeche, the spokesperson to Governor Bassey Otu of Cross River State, said the new administration inherited a “rundown” state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the spokesperson stated this when he spoke with the members of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Cross River State Council, in Calabar on
By Our Reporter The Cross River State Government has assured citizens that it will reclaim all unlawfully acquired government properties. The assurance was given by the Chief of Staff to the Governor, Mr. Emmanuel Ironbar, Monday, during his inspection tour of all government-owned properties within the Calabar metropolis. According to The Beagle News Ironbar said
By Jonathan Ugbal A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory sitting in Apo and presided over by Justice B. Abubakar has adjourned a civil defamation suit filed by Mrs. Elizabeth Alami Ayade until September 21, 2023. Mrs. Ayade is the wife of Frank Ayade, the younger brother of a former Governor of Cross River
By Patrick Obia A former Governor of Cross River, Sen. Liyel Imoke has pronounced the Sen. representing the Cross River North – Sen. Jarigbe Agom as one of the strong leaders of his party – the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Imoke made the recognition in a pep speech given during the inauguration reception held in
By Patrick Obia and Wisdom Okon The newly inaugurated governor of Cross River State, Sen. Bassey Edet Otu has said his administration “is the Government of Cross Riverians by Cross Riverians for all Cross Riverians and non-Cross Riverians in our land.” The successor of Sen. Ben Ayade remarked while presenting his inaugural speech. He further