PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Central Senatorial District of Cross River State, want the next state governor to emerged from the Southern Senatorial District. The party’s stakeholders stated this on Saturday in a communique issued to newsmen after their meeting which was...
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PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba has traced the prevailing calm in Cross River to Governor Ben Ayade’s relentless support to the state’s police command. The IGP who spoke yesterday at the State Executive Council Chamber of the Governor’s Office, Calabar, during a courtesy...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has commenced the distribution of N10 million worth of rice across the 196 political wards in Cross River State. Flagging off the distribution exercise in Calabar, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress APC, Prince Orok Otu Duke, said...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade, has sworn in Justice Maurice Eneji as the new president of the state’s Customary Court of Appeal. Also sworn-in were four new High Court Judges and four Customary Court judges. The new four High Court judges are Justice Obo...
Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade has reiterated his commitment to ensuring that power return to the Southern Senatorial District of the state come 2023. Governor Ayade, while addressing some stakeholders of the All Progressive Congress (APC) at the Governor’s Lodge on Sunday in Calabar, said his decision to...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Governor Ben Ayade has commended some Local Government Councils chairmen, who are adjudged to be amongst the most performing chairmen in the state. Governor Ayade gave the commendation in an event that took place at the state executive council chambers, Governor’s Office...
PATRICK ABANG Calabar – Mr. Linus Obogo, The Deputy Chief Press Secretary to Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State has described as untrue a report by an online media (Not NATIONAL ACCORD) circulated by the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) that his principal withdrew #100billion from the state...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The former Governor of Cross River State, Donald Duke has dismissed media reports that he endorsed Senator Sandy Onor for the 2023 governorship election in the state. ‘I never endorsed any candidate, it will be wrong for me to do that, those using my name...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – A Federal lawmaker, Senator Sandy Onor, representing Cross River Central has said zoning had never been practiced in Cross River State since the advent of the current democratic experience . Senator Onor said as a state, “we cannot afford to sacrifice competence on the altar...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Bishop Emma Gospel Isong, General Overseer of Christian Central Chapel International (CCCI), Calabar, Cross River State have predicted that in 2023, there would be a disease in some parts of East Africa. According to the clergy man, Nigerian should pray so that the pandemic would...
PATRICK ABANG Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Professor Ben Ayade on Friday signed the state’s 2022 appropriation bill into law. Speaking at the signing ceremony held at the State Executive Council Chamber of the Governor’s Office, Calabar, Governor Ayade said the N354.55bn budget will ensure the take-off of...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – A lawmaker representing Calabar Municipality/Odukpani Federal Constituency, Hon. Eta Mbora, has launched an empowerment initiative targeted at promoting enterprise, self reliance, job creation as well as boosting agricultural yields. Flagging off the empowerment program, Hon. Mbora said the scheme is based on the peculiar needs...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade has described as shocking and devastating, news of the death of Lady Abiola Wayas in a London hospital, UK., barely a month after her husband and former Senate President, Dr. Joseph Wayas passed away. Lamenting the death in a...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Over one hundred and eighty-eight support groups from the three Senatorial District of Cross River State has drummed support for Senator Gershom Bassey’s ambition to take over from Governor Ben Ayade in 2023. Speaking at the State Secretariat of the PDP in Calabar, where he...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – In the spirit of national unity, Governors Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi and Muhammad Badru Abubakar of Jigawa State on Saturday paid their Cross River State counterpart, Professor Ben Ayade a Christmas visit. Also on the entourage of the governors was former Jigawa Governor, Seminu Turaki....
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Elizabeth Fummilayo Akinlade, the newly deployed Cross River State Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corp, has warned motorists involved in the habit of driving after drinking to desist from such act or faced the full weight of the law. According to the Sector Commander, the...
EFFIONG BASSEY, Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade has suspended the 14-month-old curfew in the state. The governor’s Deputy Chief Press Secretary, Mr Linus Obogo, announced the suspension of the curfew in a statement issued on Saturday. The curfew was imposed in October 2020, following the massive...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade, has said the state government has shelved plans to privatize the over thirty industries built by his administration. Governor Ayade disclosed this on Thursday during his end of year interaction with the media in the state. Some of the...
Gov. Ben Ayade declared on Thursday in Calabar that he would not privatise any of the 34 Cross River-owned companies in recognition of the choice of the people. Ayade told newsmen that while privatising the companies was the right thing to do, it was not politically correct. Few weeks...
C’River 2023: Don’t truncate zoning arrangement for selfish reasons – Commissioner warns politicians
C’River 2023: Don’t truncate zoning arrangement for selfish reasons – Commissioner warns politicians
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Cross River State Commissioner for Rural Transformation, Edem Okokon Effiom, has warned politicians against the call for jettisoning the zoning arrangements in the state. “Don’t truncate what’s has been in existence with your ambition. Zoning gives us peace, it spare us a lot of...