By Emma Una Thousands of aides of the Cross River State governor, Senator Ben Ayade alongside other top government officials have left the state to Abuja where they are keeping vigil on the outcome of the Supreme Court ruling between their principal and Mr Joe Agi, SAN. Many of the aides who are anxious of
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Gesila, a community in Assiga, Yakurr Local Government Area of Cross River State has celebrated Dame Gesila Khan, the Resident Electoral Commissioner REC, in the state and bestowed her with a chieftaincy title for bearing same name with the community. It will be recalled that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in
By CrossRiverWatch admin The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has found over N675.1m in the bank accounts of the Resident Electoral Commissioner of Cross River State, Mrs. Gesila Khan and other Independent National Electoral Commission officials in Rivers, Akwa Ibom, and Delta states. According to the anti-graft agency, the money was received and shared by
By Our Correspondent The Joint Military Task Force Codenamed “Operation Scolombo” comprising of the Nigerian Army, Navy, Airforce, Police and the DSS personnel turned the NUJ press center, Calabar to a battle ground on Monday following sporadic shooting to scare journalists from freely choosing their preferred candidate during the rescheduled Union election. The Press center
By Our Correspondent There was palpable tension at the Ernest Etim-Bassey Press Center of the Cross River State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists on Saturday over the rerun election ordered by a Calabar Court. The election ended in a fiasco following the inability of the National Secretary of NUJ, Shuaibu Leiman to conduct
By Bassey Inyang The Senator Representing Cross River South Senatorial District, Mr. Gershom Bassey, has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to withdraw its lead counsel from the national and state House of Assembly Elections Petitions Tribunal, Mr. Eni Okoi, and replace him with another lawyer. The Senator, who was the senatorial candidate
By Aplefe Ojong Election Petition Tribunal for the National and State Assembly sitting in Calabar, Cross River State has granted two ex parte Motions brought before it by the counsel representing Senator Bassey Otu, in a petition number EPT/CR/SC/2/2015, against the Senator-Elect for the Cross River South Senatorial District, Chief Gershom Bassey, and the Independent
By Aplefe Ojong The rescheduled elections in 32 units of Mkpani/Agoi Council Ward of Yakurr Local Government Area of Cross River State went on smoothly today. Our correspondent reports that accreditation of voters using the card reader commenced at 8.00am, while the actual voting began at 1.30pm. As at the time of filing in this