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
By Jonathan Ugbal The Chairman, Governing Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Senator Victor Ndoma Egba SAN, has described the return of Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari to the country after a 51-day medical vacation in the United Kingdom as a “great relief from anxiety.’’ In a statement issued by the Special Assistant, communication
By Ogar Monday Stakeholders have called for the scrapping of the State Independent Electoral Commissions (SIECs) as they are merely stooges in the hands of the Governors. This took centre stage alongside the creation of Ogoja state at the public hearing of the constitutional and electoral review committee of the federal government held Wednesday in