By Obia Patrick and Ilam Patricia (Calabar Municipal), Margaret John (Calabar South), Efa Sunday (Abi), David Nsa (Odukpani), Emmanuel Atuaka (Obudu), Emmanuel Okiri (Bekwarra), Kanjal Godshield (Ogoja), Frank Edima (Bakassi), Ololo Kelvin (Obanliku), Nandi Bette (Boki), Asiya Ekpo (Akamkpa), Uchi Julius (Obubra), Promise Young and Godwin Otang (Ikom), Clement Onah (Yala), Amos Bassey (Biase), Deborah
By Ololo Kelvin Some returning INEC adhoc staff in Cross River State has lamented over poor mobilization upon returning from various places of posting following the postponed general election. The returnees that expresses their ordeals following the postponement of the presidential and National Assembly election in the State INEC headquarters in Calabar said that provisions
By Jeremiah Archibong and Jonathan Ugbal CrossRiverWatch has obtained the full list of the caretaker committee chairman and members appointed earlier today by Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State. CrossRiverWatch had reported that a statement signed by the local government affairs commissioner, Mr. John Ulafor had disclosed that Mr. Ayade has appointed caretaker committees
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.