By Sylvia Akpan, Government House Correspondent A one time Governor of Cross River, Senator Ben Ayade may miss the leadership forum screening organised by the State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC slated for today, in Ogoja for National Assembly aspirants over a visit to Nigeria’s President, Bola Tinubu. Mr. Ayade has indicated interest
By Ike Uchechukwu, Vanguard Newspaper The Elections Petition Tribunal sitting in Calabar has affirmed the election of Senator representing Cross River North in the National Assembly, Sen. Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe The three-man tribunal headed by Justice M. A. Sambo in a unanimous decision upheld the election of Senator Jarigbe of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP.
By Jonathan Ugbal The three Senators representing Cross River State at the 10th Senate have been appointed heads of committees that have been termed as “juicy” in the past. The Senate President, Sen. Godswill Akpabio revealed the names of the Chairmen and their Vice of standing committees which will serve as the primary oversight body
By Patrick Obia A former Governor of Cross River, Sen. Liyel Imoke has pronounced the Sen. representing the Cross River North – Sen. Jarigbe Agom as one of the strong leaders of his party – the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Imoke made the recognition in a pep speech given during the inauguration reception held in
In 2011, you ran for the Cross River North Senatorial seat and got it on a platter of gold against more popular candidates. Both from your PDP primaries against more popular Paul Adah (now late), and Musa Adede, who was incumbent, as well as the opposition APP and ACN then, there were accusations of rampant
By Jonathan Ugbal The Senator representing Cross River North Senatorial District, Jarigbe Agom has said a photograph of him presenting his certificate of return to a former Governor in the State, Liyel Imoke while the incumbent, Benedict Ayade watches on is a computer-generated image. “It is photoshop! Jonathan quote me, it is photoshop and I
By Patrick Obia The three Senators-elect in Cross River State – Jarigbe Agom, Eteng Jones, and Asuquo Ekpenyong Jrn have received their Certificate of Return. The trio received the certificate at the official presentation held at the International Conference Center, Abuja on Tuesday, 7th March 2023. Jarigbe Agom of the People’s Democratic Party was reelected
By Our Reporters The candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Sen. Jarigbe Agom has been declared winner of the Saturday’s senatorial elections in northern Cross River State. He was declared winner moments ago by the returning officer, Dr. Emmanuel Emanghe after polling 76,145 votes to beat his closest rival and incumbent Governor, Sen. Benedict