By Terhemba Daka, The Guardian Newspaper Barely two weeks after he defected from the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), the Cross Rivers State Governor, Ben Ayade, Thursday met with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. He was led to the State House by Chief of Staff
For months, speculations of his defection to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, dominated discourse in the new and traditional media. Like others before him, Professor Ben Ayade, twice elected Governor of Cross River State on the platform of the PDP, played the ostrich, in a fashion that was
By News Agency of Nigeria, NAN Speaker of Cross River House of Assembly, Hon. Eteng Jonah Williams, has said that Governor Ben Ayade was not respected and honoured by the hierarchy of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) which led to his defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Hon. Jonah-Williams, who spoke in an interview
By Patrick Obia Rainforest Resource and Development Centre, RRDC, has sent SOS to 100 Boki Local Government Council (Cross River State) sons and daughters well placed in the society to rescue their God-given resources. The group in a letter signed by its Executive Director, Mr. Odey Oyama and addressed to the Boki stakeholders revealed that it had
By Archibong Jeremiah The factional crisis rocking the Cross River State charter of APC may have come to an end. The State Governor, Sen. Ben Ayade facilitated the sheathing of swords by the warlords fighting for control of the party in an integration dinner held Sunday at Dorschester hall, Spar Mall, Calabar. The Governor whose
By Jonathan Ugbal The protest by civil servants engaged by the Cross River State Government between 2017 and 2018 over non payment of salaries continued today in front of the Governor’s office in Calabar. The protest which began on Tuesday last week has continued despite a snub by Governor Ayade and his supporters. On Thursday,
By Archibong Jeremiah Statement Issued At The World Press Conference Held By The PDP Caretaker Committee, Cross River State, In Reaction To Events Following The Defection Of Governor Ben Ayade To The APC. 1. On Thursday, the 20th of May, 2021, Senator Ben Ayade, Governor of Cross River State elected on the platform of our
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Dozens of civil servants engaged in different Ministries, Departments, Agencies and parastatals of the Cross River State Government are currently protesting the non payment of salaries since they were engaged in 2017 and 2018. The civil servants who are carrying placards and banners are currently demonstrating in front of the Governor’s office