By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Akwa-Ibom State Governor, Udom Emmanuel has pledged to turnaround the country’s fortunes for good if given the privilege to lead as Nigeria’s president in 2023. Governor Emmanuel, who is one of the leading presidential aspirants under the platform of the PDP, gave the assurance...
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PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – A US-based clergyman and Information Rector of Brotherhood College of Bishops, Archbishop Johnson Ikpeme has called on political parties in Nigeria to treat the issue of consensus candidates cautiously. Archbishop Ikpeme, who made the call during an interview with NATIONAL ACCORD in Calabar, said consensus...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Over 14.3 million youths from South South and South Eastern part of NIgeria have indicated interest to support Governor Yahaya Bello’s presidential ambition come 2023. The National Coordinator, Nigerian Rescue Mission (RENMISS) Abdullahi Damat, disclosed this on Sunday while addressing various youth groups during a...
PATRICK ABANG Calabar – Against the backdrop of illegal occupation of IPMAN offices in some part of the country, The Federal High Court sitting in Calabar has ordered the Nigeria Police Force to vacate its secretariats in Abuja and the eastern zone. The court also warned against the arbitrary...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The State Chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Cross River State, Bar Alphonsus Eba on Friday said the State Working Committee of the party is not a commodity to be purchased by the highest bidder ahead of the party’s primaries. Eba disclosed this...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The United States Consulates General, Lagos in partnership with the National Commission for Museum and Muniment have spent over $22,000 dollars in an efforts to rebrand the old residency museum library in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. Speaking while commissioning the old residency refurbished...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – One of the governorship aspirants of the All Progressive Congress ( APC), in Cross River State, Senator John Enoh has promised to run an open, transparent, inclusive and accountable administration if given the party’s governorship ticket and elected. Senator Owan also pledged to encourage existing...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Few hours after Vice President Yemi Osinbajo’s declaration for the 2023 presidential race, thousand of youth support groups have been swelling across Nigeria and the diaspora, with the Osinbajo Grassroot Organization, the latest to throng the streets of the ancient city of Calabar in solidarity...
PATRICK ABANG Calabar – Ahead of today’s judgement by a Federal High Court in Abuja over his defection from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC), Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade has expressed his belief in the Nigerian judiciary. NATIONAL ACCORD had reported that...
PATRICK ABANG Calabar – The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has criticized the Federal Government over its plans to disparage as well as antagonize the University Transparency and Accountability Solution (UTAS), describing its efforts as highly unpatriotic. The Union noted that the Nigerian government failed in its duties...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Cross River Government has debunked media reports alleging that it has been unable to pay salaries to workers and gratuities to pensioners in the state. The state Head of Service (HOS), Mr Timothy Akwaji, who debunked this in a statement issued on Tuesday in...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Ahead of the PDP’s primaries, a governorship aspirant in Cross River State, Sir Arthur Jarvis Archibong, has disclosed that if he is elected governor in 2023, his administration would focus on human capital and infrastructural developments in a bid to change the unfavourable socio-economic dynamics...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – As Nigeria prepares for the 2023 presidential election, Prof. Iyorwuese Hagher, Chairman, Contact & Advocacy Council of Dr. Bukola Saraki Presidential Campaign Organisation, has said the moment cannot afford to gamble in the selection of its leader. Prof. Hagher disclosed this in Calabar at PDP...
PATRICK ABANG Calabar – Senator Gershom Bassey has announced his five points agenda to include youth development, education, social inclusion and environment, with a pledge to fulfill them if nominated and elected governor of Cross River State come 2023. Sen. Bassey, representing Cross River South Senatorial district in the...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Cross River State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has appealed to the judgement of The Federal High Court Abuja, which sacked about 20 lawmakers on Monday who defected with Governor Ben Ayade from PDP to APC. This is according to a statement...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG), Usman Gomna has faulted the management of Port-Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company( PHEDC) over its fraudulent and outrageous billing to the Zone 6 Police Headquarters in Calabar. AIG Sule described the act of disconnecting the Zone or anyone...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The trial of Bar Ugoji Nwabueze over alleged impersonation as President of Ohaneze Ndigbo Cross River Chapter was on Tuesday stalled. This followed the inability of Nwabueze’s counsel, Prof. Jacob Dada to provide the authority he cited in the last sitting. The Inspector General of...
PATRICK ABANG Calabar – The first Secretary of the Nigeria Football Association (since 1958) late Etubom Orok Oyo popularly known as “Mr. Football” is to be immortalized by family and friends after 14 years after Federal Government’s unfulfilled promises. To this end, the family with support from friends and...
PATRICK ABANG Calabar – The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, has donated wheelchairs to Muslim’s community in Calabar, General Hospital Akamkpa, and its environ as part of its welfare programme for 2022. Speaking while donating the wheelchairs, to the Muslim’s community in Calabar, the Cross River State...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Members of the Brotherhood of the Cross and Star (BCS) in Calabar have held a one day fasting and prayer sessions for quick restoration of peace between Ukraine and Russia and other hot spots in the world, including Nigeria. They also prayed for the upcoming...