By Godshield Kanjal The member representing Ogoja State constituency in the Cross River State House of Assembly, Hon. Peter Odey says despite persuasions by his supporters to collect charms for his personal and political protection, he rejected the woos because he believed in the protection of God Almighty While speaking at a thanks giving service
By Jonathan Ugbal The senator representing Cross River northern senatorial district in the 8th assembly Rose Oko, Saturday in Ogoja shared 6 million Naira amongst constituents thanking them for voting her in absentia. In a similar vein, the member representing the Obudu/Obanliku/Bekwarra federal constituency in the 8th Assembly, Hon. Legor Idagbo also gave each of
By Our Correspondent A former governor of Cross River State, Chief Clement Ebri has assured Cross Riverians that the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC will offer them an alternative platform to express their political persuasions in the face of the what he called the hijack of the PDP by some individuals. Chief Ebri was speaking
By Our Correspondent The Speaker of Cross River House of Assembly, Hon. John Gaul Lebo has said that the Country’s Constitution is one of the undoing of State Legislatures. Hon Lebo who was at the just concluded one day Consultative Meeting of House of Representatives Committee on Inter-Parliamentary Affairs and Conference of Speakers held in
By Our Correspondent A statement by Christian Ita, the Chief Press Secretary to Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade, has announced that the governor has approved the appointment of 147 new persons into different positions of responsibility. In what one of the appointees described as “appointment bazaar”, 147 names were listed in the statement including
By Our Correspondent The Speaker of the Cross River State House of Assembly, Hon. John Gaul Lebo, has called for a reform process to achieve Economic Democracy rather than the prevailing Political Democracy in the country. The Speaker expressed concerns that with falling oil prices and dwindling economic fortunes across the globe, Nigeria as a
By Our Correspondent The Cross River state governor, Senator Ben Ayade has approved the appointment of Hon. Emmanuel Offiong Bassey as his Deputy Chief of Staff. He will be Deputizing Hon. Martin Orim who is the incumbent Chief of Staff. A statement by the governor’s Special Assistant on Media and Chief Press Secretary, Mr
By Archibong Jeremiah A stalwart of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Cross River State and a former member of the State House of Assembly, Hon. Ernest Eki has scored the Senator Ben Ayade led administration ‘zero percent’ and called on the governor to increase the velocity of the pace of development of the State.