By Jonathan Ugbal More traders including pharmacies will join the protest in Calabar, the Cross River state capital by locking up their shops over the rising insecurity. Some who spoke to this reporter said they delayed joining their colleagues on Monday due to ‘person reasons’ but will comply with their agreement on Tuesday (Today). The
By Archibong Jeremiah The Cross River State Governor, Sen. Ben Ayade has made another 190 appointment. The list which was made available earlier today was signed by Mr. Christian Ita, Special Adviser Media Publicity to the Governor. The release with the reference number GO/PRESS/012/VOL.I/ 205 reads below. 1. Senator Musa Adede – Chairman, Cross River State Security
By Inyali Peter Thousands of members of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) last weekend defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Obudu local government area as the race to the Senatorial bye-election to replace the late Senator Rose Oko who was representing Cross River North district gets more intriguing. Governor Ben Ayade of Cross
By Judex Okoro, Daily Sun The Cross River State Government said it would assist Bauchi State with Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and face masks to curb the spread of COVID-19. Giving the assurance in Calabar on Friday while reacting to insinuations by Governor Bala Mohammed that the current status of Cross River with regard to
By CrossRiverWatch Admin No home was allocated. No representative or message from the Governor. Our newsroom has obtained a video clip of how how boys hijacked refreshment at the Bakassi IDP estate (Cross River State) which was supposed to be allocated to beneficiaries yesterday by Governor Ben Ayade who didn’t show up and sent no
By Innocent Anaba, Henry Ojelu and Ike Uchechukwu, Vanguard Newspaper The second time rejection of the nomination of Justice Akon Ikpeme as the substantive Chief Judge of Cross River State by the State House of Assembly, following her second re-nomination by the National Judicial Council, NJC, has received the knocks of lawyers, who called on
By Solomon Elusoji, Channels TV Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has cast aspersions on Cross River State’s COVID-19-free status. In a press briefing yesterday (Wednesday) Mr. Mohammed revealed that 15 COVID-19 cases in Bauchi were people travelling from Calabar, Cross River’s capital city. According to the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC), Cross River State
The three-month tenure of the controversial acting chief judge of Cross River State, Justice Maurice Eneji, has come to an end. Stakeholders who condemned the appointment by Governor Ben Ayade anxiously await and fear a repeat of the shenanigans that led up to his appointment; shenanigans that threaten the principles of separation of powers and