By Patrick Obia Listen To The Report Major routes in the Calabar metropolis are currently witnessing gridlocks as the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the All Progressive Congress, APC, try to beat INEC’s June 3, party primaries deadline. INEC had warned political parties to adhere to timelines for the conduct of their primary elections, maintaining
By Patrick Obia Listen To The Report Doyen Bar Chairman, Barr. Attah Ochinke and his predecessor, Barr. Paul Ebiala, Mr. Peter Akpanke, and Hon. Bassey Ewa has won the PDP ticket to represent their constituents as legislators. Ochinke, a former Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice during the Sen. Liyel Imoke’s administration polled 27 votes against
By Patrick Obia Listen To The Report The Senator representing Cross River Northern Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Sen. Jarigbe Agom has been affirmed as the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, candidate. Agom who went unopposed was affirmed as the Senatorial candidate of the PDP for the February 2023 polls by a voiced vote of
By Jonathan Ugbal Listen To The Report The People’s Democratic Party, PDP has raised the bar on transparency during primary elections to nominate candidates for different elective positions ahead of the 2023 general elections. The party now includes the images of the delegates in their accreditation tags to prevent identity theft. The ballots have the
By Jonathan Ugbal Listen To The Report Two Policemen have been ahot at the venue of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP House of Representatives primaries in Obudu Local Government Area. The primary is to nominate a candidate to fly the party’s flag in the 2023 general elections for the Obudu/Obanliku/Bekwara federal constituency. The rescheduled primaries
By Judex Okoro, The Sun Newspaper Listen To The Report The incumbent members representing Akpabuyo/Bakassi/ Calabar South, and Calabar Municipal/Odukpani federal constituencies, Honorables Essien Ekpeyong Ayi and Eta Mbota respectively have won the PDP reps primaries. While Ayi, a fourth-term member of the House of Representatives polled 57 votes to defeat the other three aspirants,
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 Patrick Obia Listen To The Report The former Governor of Cross River State, Sen. Liyel Imoke has said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the State will challenge the recent judgment of the Federal High Court in Abuja at the supreme court. The Federal High Court in Abuja had on Thursday, April 7th, 2022