By Jonathan Ugbal The Nigerian Senate this evening confirmed the appointments of the two ministerial nominees from Cross River State, Sen. John Owan-Enoh and Dr. Betta Edu. The duo were among the 28 nominated by President Bola Tinubu on July 27, 2023. Following their nominations, both were screened by the Senate on different days. While
By Sylvia Akpan, Government House Correspondent The Executive Governor of Cross River State, Sen. Bassey Otu has applauded President Bola Tinubu on the nomination of two Cross Riverians – Dr. Betta Edu and Senator Owan Enoh as Ministers, saying “the nation will be proud of them”. The Governor who took to his social media handle,
By Jonathan Ugbal A Federal High Court sitting in Calabar and presided over by Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu on Monday dismissed a suit seeking the replacement of Senator Bassey Otu with Senator John Owan-Enoh as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC for the 2023 general elections. Senator Owan-Enoh on June 8, 2022, filed an
By Jonathan Ugbal Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Calabar division of the Federal High Court has struck out an application to subpoena a staff of the West African Examinations Council, WAEC to testify in a suit challenging the qualifications of a former lawmaker, Senator Bassey Otu as the Guber candidate of the All Progressives Congress,
By Ogar Monday Listen To The Report Senator Owan Enoh, an APC governorship candidate, has announced his withdrawal from the race, throwing his weight behind the ‘consensus’ arrangement spearheaded by Governor Ben Ayade. The former lawmaker had said he needed to consult with his constituents after the Cross River Governor, Ben Ayade had anointed Prince
By Patrick Obia and Sylvia Akpan Listen To The Report Gubernatorial aspirants in the All Progressives Congress, APC and the People’s Democratic Party, PDP in Cross River State have reacted differently to the meetings that reportedly produced a consensus candidate and aspirant respectively. Former lawmaker, Senator Bassey Otu emerged as APC consensus candidate in a
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The founder of the JOE Foundation, John Owan-Enoh has pledged that the organisation will build on its gain in sensitizing the populace on diabetes. The former lawmaker disclosed this on Monday during a walk campaign to raise awareness on Diabetes, where he expressed optimism that the foundation intends to reach 90 percent
By Nsa Gill – The Nation Newspaper A team from the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) has visited Cross River State to track constituency projects awarded between the years; 2016 and 2018 to Senators and House of Representative members. The projects valued at over 1.9 billion naira took the ICPC team to all the Local