By Ogar Monday Budget Transparency and Accountability Initiative – Nigeria (BTAN), a nonprofit that works around budget transparency and open governance, has asked the Cross River State House of Assembly to do its due diligence with the recent 2023 budget presented to the house by the State Governor, Ben Ayade. The group who recently paid
By Patrick Obia Heavily armed security personnel have barricaded the Cross River State House of Assembly after the Federal High Court sacked 20 members of the State Assembly who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The security personnel comprising of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corp,
By Noah Banjo, Punch Newspapers A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, thw Federal Capital Territory has sacked 20 members of the Cross River State House of Assembly who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressive Congress (APC). In a judgement delivered by Justice Taiwo Taiwo, on Monday, the court held that
By Patrick Obia Barring any last minute change, the Cross River State House of Assembly is set to pass the Violence Against Persons Prohibition (VAPP) bill this week. This followed the public hearing on the bill and that of the disability rights on Thursday and Friday last week. The bills are sponsored by the Deputy
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Speaker of the Cross River State House of Assembly, Honorable John Lebo (PDP Abi) has for the second time in 20 months claimed that owning a website is becoming an “outdated” trend in information dissemination. Mr. Lebo stated this during an exclusive interview with CrossRiverWatch’s Margaret John and Efa Sunday on
By Margaret John: State House of Assembly Correspondent The Cross River State House of Assembly has granted approval to the state government to access a credit facility from the Infrastructure Bank under the Federal Government of Nigeria, ‘Move Nigeria’ Scheme. The loan which is to be collected for the supply of 103 units of Hyundai
By Jonathan Ugbal The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that it will release the guidelines for the conduct of a bye election to replace the late member representing Obudu in the Cross River State House of Assembly, Mr. Stephen Ukpukpen. A statement issued by its National Commissioner, Mohammad Haruna, on Friday in Abuja
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Speaker of the Cross River State House of Assembly, Honorable John Lebo (PDP Abi) has expressed shock over the demise of his colleague Honorable Stephen Ukpukpen (PDP Obudu) who died on Wednesday in Calabar. Mr. Lebo in a statement signed by his spokesman, Mr. Azogor Ideba and issued Thursday in Calabar