By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has resigned from his position as the Commissioner for tourism in the state. Ayade stated this moments ago when he played host to a delegation from Mafikeng, north west province of South Africa who are in the state for a 3-Day working visit
By Ikwen Atuaka The member representing Obudu/Bekwarra/Obanliku in the green chambers of the national assembly, Honorable Legor Idagbor Tuesday told residents in Obudu that he feels at home every time he visits as he has so many friends. Legor who is on a 3-Day tour of his constituency told constituents in Obudu that he
By Ushang Ewa The Obol Lopon of Ugep, Obol Ofem Ubana has warned politicians to steer of the Ugep nation until the Institute of Technology and Management popularly referred to as Ugep Polytechnic becomes functional. The warning comes following allegations that Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade is planning to downgrade the institution with the
By Jonathan Ugbal; Government House Correspondent The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) caretaker committee led by the factional Chairman, Ahmed Markarfi midweek visited Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade in a bid to find a lasting solution to the lingering leadership tussle that has rocked the party. Markarfi, accompanied by Senator Ben Obi and Senator Abdul
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has again staged a public cry over the plight of Bakassi returnees 14 years after their ancestral home was ceded to the Cameroon’s following a ruling by the International Court of Justice in 2002. “The pain the Bakassi people have gone through is
By Ogar Monday A Cross River State High Court sitting in the capital city of Calabar, Wednesday dismissed the suit brought before it by the All Progressive Congress(APC) in the state seeking among other things, the restraining of the Governor from appointing caretaker chairmen. The suit with suit no. HC/7/2017, sought to bar the second
By Jonathan Ugbal The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Cross River State has described the release of elections timetable by the Cross River State Independent Electoral Commission (CROSIEC) as a ploy to divert attention and save face from an “embarrassing judgment.” In a statement issued by the State Publicity Secretary, Mens Ikpeme Tuesday in Calabar,
One of the cardinal objectives of an organized government at whichever level is not only to maintain law and order in such a society but to also provide for the social welfare of the people as well as protect their overall interests when it becomes lucid that it is being covertly or overtly trampled upon