By Kelvin Ololo The member representing Boki/Ikom Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Victor Abang, has formally declared his intention to seek a second term in the 2027 general elections on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), positioning continuity and experience as central to his re-election bid. Addressing party members and constituents,
By Kelvin Ololo Governor Bassey Otu has directed all members of the State Executive Council and political appointees in Cross River State who intend to contest in the 2027 general elections to resign from their positions on or before March 26, 2026. The directive, aimed at ensuring focus and accountability in governance ahead of the
By Sylvia Akpan The former Governor of Cross River State, Sen. Liyel Imoke has resigned from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), after 28 years of political association. In a resignation letter dated March 2, 2026, and addressed to the Ward Chairman of the PDP in Itigidi Council Ward, Abi Local Government Area of Cross River
By Jonathan Ugbal A High Court of Cross River State sitting in Ogoja and presided over by Justice Daniel Ofre Kulo last week restrained the Cross River State House of Assembly from proceeding further with the impeachment process or taking steps that will culminate in the removal of the Vice Chairman of Ogoja Local Government
By Jonathan Ugbal The All Progressives Congress, APC in Cross River State on Saturday listed hundreds of stakeholders to meet with the Governor, Bassey Otu and among the names published is a sitting Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, Emmanuel Akomaye Agim, a Chief Magistrate, David Edogi, and a late Major General, Edward Unimna.
By Jonathan Ugbal The Pan-Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF on Monday inaugurated a seven-member peace and reconciliation committee led by a former Attorney General of Nigeria, Kanu Agabi, SAN over the lingering political crisis in Rivers State. The committee, which according to Mr. Kanu, is not constituted to apportion blames or judge the parties involved, described
By Kelvin Ololo The Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Cross River State has received a major political boost with the defection of Mr. Patrick Solomon, the 2023 governorship candidate of the National Rescue Movement (NRM), who said his decision was anchored on conviction and a desire to advance People-centered governance. Solomon formally declared for the
By Jonathan Ugbal The Chapter Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP in Obudu, Mr. Frank Atsua on Monday, led members of his working committee and several dozens of others to defect to the All Progressives Congress, APC with the message that the party is dead in the council area. “I was the last man