By Anietie Akpan, The Guardian All hope of returning Bakassi Peninsula to Nigeria may not have been lost yet, as the National Assembly has hinted that it will withhold the ratification of its treaty. Chairman, Cross River State caucus of the National Assembly, Senator Gershom Bassey, who spoke with newsmen in Calabar, yesterday, said the Bakassi
By Ike Uchechukwu, Vanguard News Frontline politician and member of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Sir Arthur Jarvis Archibong has asserted that the emergence of Venatius Ikem, Esq. as Cross River State Chairman is an indication that victory looms for the party in all corner, come 2023. Sir Arthur Jarvis made the assertion in a
By Judex Okoro, The Sun News Members of the Cross River State PDP caucus of the National Assembly have stated that all defectors to APC would be brought back after the congress. Addressing delegates at the State Congress held at Event Centre located at Parliamentary Extension Calabar on Saturday, the NASS members said Cross River
By Patrick Obia Sen. Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe has just been sworn in as Senator of Cross River North. President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan on Wednesday, 15 September swore him as a replacement for Sen. Stephen Odey. The both have been locked in a protracted court battle. See pictures below:
Chuks Okocha writes that the defection of Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress, was a declaration of political war on former Governors Donald Duke and Liyel Imoke ahead of the 2023 general election. Since the return of democracy in 1999, clinching political power in
By News Agency of Nigeria The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has approved procedures for its fresh State congress in Cross River. The party disclosed this in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Kola Ologbondiyan, in Abuja on Friday. Ologbondiyan said that the approval was sequel to the
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Cross River Governor, Ben Ayade has appointed 527 new aides to fulfil a promise he made to members of All Progressives Congress (APC) when he defected from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). The appointments were announced in two batches by his spokesman, Christian Ita — 500 APC members and 27 Special Assistants,
By Archibong Jeremiah A Cross River State High Court has sacked Prince Uche Secondus from office and bars him from seeking re-election. The Court presided over by Justice Ekei Koofreh in Calabar removed Secondus as PDP National Chairman following a case brought by Mr. Enang Kanum Wani. In the suit, PDP and Secondus were joined