PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Chief Chris Agara, a close associate of Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State has finally joined the governorship race for next year general election. Chief Agara, a chieftain of APC and oil magnet, disclosed this at the APC secretariat when he indicated his interest...
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PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has said that he is not contesting the 2023 primaries of the People’s Democratic party (PDP) to be nominated as the Vice Presidential candidate to anybody in next year election. The governor also said he does not support the...
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...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – No fewer than 900,000 children between the ages of 0-59 months are set to be vaccinated against Poliomyelitis which is one of the deadliest disease in the history of mankind . The Director General of the Cross River State Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Janet...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – A frontline governorship aspirant under the platform of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Cross River State, Senator John Owan Enoh has appealed to the state working committee of the party to consider everyone aspiring to the office of position of the governor in 2023....
— As PDP insists is a stolen mandate, head for appeal PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Cross River State has expressed excitement and congratulated the State Governor, Ben Ayade over his victory at the Federal High Court. The party in a statement by the...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Ahead of the 2023 general election in Cross River State, over 41 support groups have called on the former lawmaker representing Southern Senatorial District, Senator Bassey Otu to contest for governorship ticket of the All Progressive Congress (APC). The leader of the support groups, Boniface...
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 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...
BY PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Cross River State Chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC) Alphonsus Eba, on Monday said the party has not zoned the governorship ticket to any particular zone in the State. This is coming weeks after Governor Ben Ayade disclosed that the next governor...
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...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in Cross River State, Mr. Bobby Ekpeyong, has said previous democratic administrations in Cross River incurred huge public debts despite selling public assets. Ekpenyong, who is also the Special Adviser to the Cross River State Governor on...
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...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Ahead of the 2023 general elections and governorship primaries of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Musa Adede has warned party stakeholders that Cross River State is already a failed state and does not need to sacrifice competent for zoning. “In my view this...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, has shifted the judgment in a suit filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River to April 6. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) had, on March 22, reported that Justice Taiwo Taiwo fixed today, Friday, for 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...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Cross River State has reacted to the judgement of the Federal High Court in Abuja which sacked about 20 lawmakers for defecting from the PDP to the ruling party. The state APC Publicity Secretary, Erasmus Ekpang, who reacted to...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The impending judgement of the Federal High Court Abuja over the defection of Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State and his deputy has sent fear and apprehensions to political office holders and the All Progressives Congress (APC) stakeholders in the state. The fear...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – A constitutional lawyer, Joseph Oloko has said that socketing to the centre is not a legal reason for defecting from one political party to another. Oloko disclosed this in an interview with Journalists while reacting to the recent court order sacking Governor David Umahi of...