By Sylvia Akpan Listen To The Report Leaders of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in the Northern Senatorial District of Cross River State have bought expression of interest and nomination forms for Hon. Martins Orim, Chief of Staff to Governor Ben Ayade to represent them in the Senate. The forms were also purchased for
By Patrick Obia Listen To The Report No fewer than fifteen (15) journalists in Cross River State were on Thursday, May 5, 2022, harassed and chased out of the venue of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo’s consultation visit to Cross River. This is happening two days after the World Press Freedom Day celebration aimed at protecting
By Ogar Monday Listen To The Report The Cross River Governor, Sen. Ben Ayade has asked Permanent Secretaries in all the Ministries, Departments, and Agencies, MDAs in the State to assess appointees under their MDA for cabinet reshuffling purposes. The announcement, which was contained in a letter signed by Mr. Christian Ita, Special Adviser to
By Ogar Monday Listen To The Report Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State has directed his appointees to resign from their offices if they intend to contest in next year’s general elections. Ayade in a letter with reference number GO/PRESS/12/VOL.II/144, signed by Mr. Christian Ita, his aide on Media and Publicity, directed that the
By Ogar Monday Listen To The Report The African Development Bank, AFDB, has revealed that Cross River State will benefit from a $540 million funding mobilized by the bank in partnership with the International Find for Agricultural Development, IFAD, and the Islamic Development Bank, ISDB, for the siting of a Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zone in
By Patrick Obia Listen To The Report The Governor of Cross River State, Sen. Ben Ayade has facilitated with muslim faithfuls as they celebrate the successful completion of this year’s Ramadan. Sen. Ayade took to his official Facebook page to call for unity among muslims and non-muslim faithfuls as they mark the Eid-El Fitri. He
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Listen To The Report Report reaching our newsroom has it that the decades-long communal crisis between the Onyadama community in Obubra and Nko in Yakurr Cross River State is threatening to surface again. Source told CrossRiverWatch that, Onyadama indigenes of Obubra allegedly captured and whisked away an Nko man due to lingering
By Patrick Obia Listen To The Report “When I looked all around, only for me to realize that when the governor gave us the mandate to come and choose who will be the candidate of the party, I said I want to be very transparent and fair; I said I would not want the party