By CrossRiverWatch Admin A statement released in Calabar this afternoon by the Cross River state Commissioner for Local Government Affairs, Mr. John Ulafor, has announced a long list of appointees by Governor Ben Ayade, into caretaker committees for the 18 LGAs in the state otherwise described as the Local Government Security Committees. The short statement
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Cross River State Budget of Qabalistic Densification of One Trillion, Forty-Three Billion, Nine Hundred and Sixty Seven Million Naira (N1, 043,967,000,000) presented recently by the State Governor, Sen. Ben Ayade to the House of Assembly has received lashes from a section of the public with major opposition parties fisting on it. The
By Obeten Godfrey In a release signed by Dan Amor, Media Spokesman for The Sen. John Owan Enoh Campaign Organisation, the Owan Enoh faction of the APC kicked against the judgement delivered by a High Court on Monday, in Calabar which sacked Sen. John Owan Enoh as the Governorship candidate of the party in the State.
By Archibong Jeremiah A Federal High Court sitting in Calabar, Cross River State, has sacked Senator John Owan Enoh as the Governorship candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in the State. The Court also sacked the factional leadership of the party under Mr. John Ochalla, which is loyal to Owan-Enoh. Apart from removing Senator
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The UN Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers, Diego Garcia-Sayán, has warned the Federal Government that the suspension and replacement of the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Walter Onnoghen, is in contravention of international human rights standards on the independence of the judiciary and the separation of powers. Mr.
By Our Reporter With less than 4 days to the commencement of the general elections, an election observer group in the Cross River State, the Centre for Transparency Advocacy (CTA) has said the desperation by politicians to win at all cost calls for concern. This is just as the group expressed satisfaction with the preparation
By Patrick Obia The Director, Policy Alert and Moderator, Niger Delta Open Government Observatory, Mr. Tijah Bolton-Akpan has questioned the 2019/2020 budget of Cross River State, stating that “there is something fundamentally wrong with the budget.” Mr. Tijah who made the assertion while speaking on ‘The Dialogue With Agba Jalingo’ on Hit 95.9 FM Calabar,
By Archibong Jeremiah Mr. Austin Iwero Agbonlahor has replaced Mr. Hafiz Mohammed Inuwa as the Commissioner of Police, Cross Rivers State Command. Mr. Austin before his transfer to Cross River was the Commissioner of Police, Plateau State. He hails from Edo, graduated from the University of Benin and he is a fellow of the National