Cross River State Governor,Ben Ayade has lost his bid to secure the All Progressives Congress, APC’s ticket to run for the Northern Senatorial District of the state. Ben Ayade is a two-term Governor who will be completing his tenure in 2023. An aspirant, Adams Cecelia, scored 140 to defeat Ben Ayade who polled 52,
The Cross River State Governor, Prof. Ben Ayade, has dumped the Peoples Democratic Party for the All Progressives Congress. Seven Governors elected on the platform of the APC had on Wednesday stormed Calabar, the Cross River State capital, for a meeting with Ayade. Among those that met with Ayade over dinner on Wednesday were the Governors of Imo, Ekiti, Plateau and Yobe States, Hope Uzodinma, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, Simon Lalong and Mai Mala Buni respectively. They had arrived Calabar at about 7:30pm. Confirming the development to The Eagle Online was…
The Journalists International Forum For Migration (JIFORM) has appealed to the Governor of Cross River State, Professor Benedict Ayade and the National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking In Persons (NAPTIP) to urgently rescue a 16-year-old (Abigail, not the real name), an indigene of the state from sexual slavery in Abeokuta, Ogun State. JIFORM, in statement signed by its President/Executive Director, Ajibola Abayomi, on Saturday praised the Punch Newspapers for unraveling the incident added that time had come for the nation to declare a state of emergency on human trafficking activities.…
The Cross River State Command of the Peace Corps of Nigeria in its effort to sensitized the public against the dreadful disease, corona-virus otherwise known as Covid-19 which is currently raining havoc on the entire continents with its ruinous effect on the global economy has joined the campaign on the preventable measures on how to curb the spread of the dreadful disease in the State. The campaign which was led by the State Commandant of the Corps Patriot (Dr) Okweche Dominic reiterated the commitment of the Corps to come up…
Cross River State Governor, Prof Ben Ayade Monday night declared that all entry points into the state by Land, Sea and air are hereby locked down, stressing that access will only be by thorough screening regime. He also declared that LG elections scheduled for Saturday, March 28 remain suspended indefinitely. He made the declaration in a press release signed by his Special Adviser, Media & Publicity, Mr Christian Ita and made available to Vanguard late night Monday. Read the full statement below: In view of the reality of the Coronavirus…
Cross River State Governor, Prof Ben Ayade has appointed an indigene of Kano, Alhaji Tanimu Hassan Rabiu as first-ever Special Adviser on Muslim Affairs in the seventeen states of Southern Nigeria. LEADERSHIP reports that only Edo and Delta in the previous administrations appointed Special Assistant on Islamic Affairs. Other states domicile Muslims and Islamic matters under the ministry or department of religious Affairs. Governor Ayade had during a meeting with some Muslim stakeholders after the victory reordered in his re-election promised to Promote the interest of the Muslims living in…
The Online Publisher Association of Nigeria (OPAN) has urged the Nigeria police and Nigerian authorities to drop all the outrageous charges preferred against, Mr. Free Agba Jalingo, Journalist Charged With Treason, OPAN Urges Police journalist and Publisher of Calabar-based news website, CrossRiverWatch and release him from detention immediately. OPAN in a statement by President, Austyn Ogannah, also urged elected officials to stop using security officials and misapplying state laws to harass and intimidate journalists, activists and critics of government. On August 30, the police in Cross River state charged Jalingo…