The Inter Party Advisory Council, (IPAC) on Saturday decried poor turnout of voters in the just concluded presidential and National Assembly elections in Cross River. During in a press conference in Calabar, Mr Anthony Attah, Chairman of IPAC in Cross River, said out of over 1.7 million registered voters,...
Cross River State
Senator Gershom Bassey while reacting to the outcome of the just concluded Presidential and National Assembly elections in an interview with PATRICK ABANG spoke on the chances of the opposition People’s Democratic Party PDP in Cross River State. Except: What is your reaction on the poor performance of PDP...
The Anti Cultism and Kidnapping Squad (ACKS) of the Police Command in Cross River has arrested a notorious kidnap kingpin, five years after he was declared wanted. The SP Ogini Chukwuma led ACKS, acting through intelligence, had stormed the hideout of the kingpin, Kufre Etim, also called Romance, where...
Former Governor Donald Duke of Cross River State will be leading the launch on Wednesday 15 February 2023 of A Stranger in their Midst, the memoir of Mr Justice Charles Archibong (rtd) at The Wheatbaker Hotel, Ikoyi, Lagos with Chief Anthony Ani, a former Minister of Finance, serving as...
By PATRICK ABANG Calabar – Against the backdrop of alleged destruction of life and properties in Akpabuyo LGA of Cross River State, The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has called on security agencies to stop what it called barbaric attacks on their members in the state. The leader of the...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced that 295 candidates in Cross River, would participate in the general elections scheduled for Feb. 25 and March 11. The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in the state, Prof. Gabriel Yomere, made this announcement in Calabar on Tuesday during a consultation with...
Suspected hoodlums on Monday attacked and destroyed Property of some PDP chieftains at Akpabuyo Local Government Area of Cross River. A News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent, who visited some of the affected houses reported that no live was lost. It was, however, observed that the houses suffered considerable...
Police in Cross River have recovered one AK-47 rifle, a cutlass and N1million from fleeing herdsmen in Ikom Local Government Area. Spokesman of Zone Six of the Nigeria Police Force, SP Nelson Okpabi, said an Assistant Commissioner of Police in the zone, Mr Emeka Onyekaba led the team that...
PATRICK ABANG Calabar – Ahead of the 2023 general election, the Presidential candidate of The All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu is expected in Calabar for a campaign rally on Tuesday. Chairman of the Local Organizing Committee, Senator John Owan Enoh, disclosed this at the Ernest Etim Bassey Press...
Residents of Calabar in Cross River state have resorted to keeping vigil at Automated Teller Machine (ATM) centers in search of the new naira notes. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) who monitored the situation around the metropolis, reports that the ATM points across the city have been taken...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Chairman of Labour Party Presidential Campaign Council, Cross River Chapter, Professor James Ekpoke, has debunked insinuation created by the Presidential candidate of the New Nigerian People’s Party (NNPP) that Mr. Peter Obi represent an ethnic and religious agenda. Prof. Ekpoke, who is the...
Gov. Ben Ayade of Cross River has performed the groundbreaking ceremony of the Ogoja Polytechnic in Ogoja local government area of the state on Saturday. Ayade performed the groundbreaking ceremony on the sidelines of the flag-off of the All Progressive Congress (APC) governorship campaign in Cross River North. Ayade...
The Etubom’s Conclave of the Obong of Calabar Palace has re-proclaimed Edidem Ekpo Abasi-Otu the V, as the Obong of Calabar. This was in compliance with the Supreme Court Judgement of Jan. 13, which ordered the Etubom’s Conclave of the Obong of Calabar’s Palace to conduct fresh selection process...
Mr Linus Odey, Paramount Ruler of Bekwarra Local Government Area of Cross River, says his Akwarinyin- Abu community and 15 others drink water from the same stream with cows. He stated this when the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Sen. Sandy Onor campaign team met with...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Cross River State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Campaign Council is targeting over 500,000 votes for 2023 general election. The state Chairman of APC, Alphonsus Ogar Eba, disclosed this on Friday at the party’s secretariat in Calabar, the state capital. According...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has implored media practitioners in Cross River to ensure accurate and balanced reportage ahead of the general elections. The state Chairman of the party, Mr Venatius Ikem, gave the advice in a press statement made available to newsmen on Tuesday in Calabar. Ikem, who...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade on Friday signed the state’s 2023 appropriation bill into law. Christened “Quantum Infinitum,” the budget has the sum of N330.235 billion. The signing ceremony which was held at the State Executive Council Chamber, had the Deputy Governor, Professor...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that the time had come for it to organise the freest and fairest election in Africa. The National Commissioner for Information and Voter Education, Mr Festus Okoye, said this on Wednesday at the 2022 Calabar Carnival, while sensitising Nigerians on the...
Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has said the death toll in the Calabar carnival tragic incident has increased to eight. The Sector Commander of FRSC in Cross River, Maikano Hassan, disclosed this to NAN in Calabar on Wednesday. The tragic incident had occurred during the Bikers’ parade carnival, an...
By BASSEY EFFIONG, Calabar – The All Progressives Congress (APC) Governorship Candidate in Cross River, Bassey Otu has announced suspension of all his political activities forthwith. Senator Otu, who disclosed this in a statement issued on Wednesday, said he was suspending the activities to mourn with the families of...