By Nsa Gill, The Nation Newspaper The Cross River State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has resolved to elect a substantive chairman after five years of numerous legal tussles. The party, in a meeting of the State Working Committee (SWC) last weekend, resolved to replace Dr. Matthew Ojong Achigbe, who died in a
By Jonathan Ugbal The National Assembly members in Cross River State have have accused the Governor, Benedict Ayade of funding the campaign of President Muhammadu Buhari despite being in the opposition. The state has eleven National Assembly positions. 10 are occupied by Mr. Ayade’s People’s Democratic Party (PDP). The members in a statement issued on
By Patrick Obia The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has scheduled Cross River Northern Senatorial District, Obudu State constituency and seven other States bye-election to Saturday, October 31, 2020. In a press release issued by the Commission in Abuja on Tuesday, 11 August, 2020 states that, it is as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic
By Ushang Ewa A chairmanship candidate for the August 8th state congress elections of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Cross River, Venatius Ikem has dismissed claims that the two factions in the party have reached a compromise in sharing the party positions. Ikem, in a statement on Monday said that nothing of such had
Listening to people talk about the upcoming State Congress of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Cross River State, one would think that it is armageddon or the flip side of epiphany, or even D – DAY in Normandy. Like the whole world was possibly coming to a definite end following the result of the
By Ada Wodu, Punch Newspaper The two factional Chairmen of the Cross River State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, John Ochala and Etim John, have resolved to bury the hatchet, close ranks, and work for the victory of the party in the forthcoming Northern Senatorial District and Obudu State Constituency by-elections in the
Out of concern for the not too encouraging current state of our dear party, the All Progressives Congress, APC, I will be sharing my personal experience in the proper management of a political party and will also attempt to proffer some workable solutions to these issues bedeviling the Party. I gathered this experience as a
By Archibong Jeremiah They need to be arraigned. The Commissioner for Health in Cross River and Kogi States (Dr. Betta Edu and Dr. Saka Haruna) are to be arraigned before the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN). The arraignment is sequel to their allegedly politicising the COVID-19 status of their States. Disclosing the position