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
By Efa Sunday: Government House Correspondent The Cross River State Governor, Sen. Ben Ayade has presented the 2019/2020 budget to the State Assembly. The Executive Governor of Cross River State, today presented before the State House of Assembly a budget of One trillion, forty-three billion, nine hundred and sixty seven million naira (N1,043,967,000,000) budget for
By Efa Sunday: Government House Correspondent The Governor of Cross River State, Senator Ben Ayade is set to present the 2019 State Budget estimate to the Cross River State House of Assembly tomorrow Wednesday 6th of February 2019 by 10:00am prompt. The information was made available through a press release signed by the Chief Press
When one speaks of violence, it is often associated with physical activities of force and use of arms, one that results in destruction of lives and properties. However, there is more to violence than this. Beyond deaths and injuries, there are various forms of violence which are highly prevalent in the society that procure psychological
By Philip Agba The Chairman of Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) Cross River State chapter Dr. Lawrence Ekwok has declared that the Church as a body would through prayers and massive voting be instrumental to the emergence of the next Governor of the State. Dr. Ekwok stated this on Sunday during a Town Hall Meeting
By Efa Sunday: Government House Correspondent The Paramount Ruler of the Efut Nation, His Royal Majesty Itam Hogan Itam, Men, Women and Youth of Calabar South have reiterated their total support for the re-election bid of Sen. Ben Ayade. This decision was again reached when the PDP campaign team set out in a courtesy visit