Category: Politics
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CROSIEC Extends LG Election By One Week
By Ita Williams, Calabar Cross River State Independent Electoral Commission (CROSIEC) has announced the extension of the state’s local government council election by one week, with a new date set for Saturday, November 2, 2024. CROSIEC had earlier scheduled the council polls for October 26. The Chairman of the commission, Dr. Ekong Edet Boco, made…
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Nigeria@64: Uncertainty as Renewed Hope Dims
By Princewill Kingston It is no longer news that Nigerians are railing, cursing and getting angrier by the day over unparalleled hardship which has dramatically taken another dimension since the current administration came on board on May 29, 2023. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his team seem to have lost grip of the economy and…
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Otu Slashes Fees For Council Polls
Gov. Bassey Otu . By Anietie Akpan The Governor of Cross River State, Senator Bassey Otu, has slashed the fees for Chairmanship and Councillorship forms of the forthcoming Local Government elections in the state. The Cross State Independent Electoral Commission (CROSIEC) Law stipulates that Chairmanship candidates are required to pay N5 million for the form,…
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Senator Okpebholo’s Victory Is For Edo People, Milestone For APC, Senate President
Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio By Anietie Akpan The President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, CON has congratulated Edo State Governor-elect, Senator Monday Okpebholo and his deputy, Hon. Dennis Idahosa on their hard fought but well-deserved victory in the Edo state governorship election. Akpabio, in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and…
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Otu Hails Edo Governorship Election, Adjudges As Free And Fair, Congratulates Okpebholo
Édo Governor Elect, Senator Monday Okpebholo (L) and Gov. Bassey Otu. By Anietie Akpan Cross River State Governor, Senator Bassey Edet Otu has welcomed the triumph of the All Progressive Congress (APC) at weekend’s gubernatorial election in Edo State with open arms. He extended his heartfelt congratulations to the Governor-elect, Senator Monday Okpebholo. In a…
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Tenure Of Elected LG Officials In Cross River Remains Three Years
By Anietie Akpan The Speaker of the Cross River State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Elvert Ayambem, has clarified that the tenure for elected officials in the Local Government Council’s in the state remains three years, and not four as earlier reported. A press release by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor, Comrade Nsa Gill…
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Amended C’River Electoral Law Stipulates Four-Year Tenure For Elected LG Officials
Governor Bassey Otu, signing into law the amended Electoral Act as some officials watch on. By Anietie Akpan Elected Local Government officials in Cross River state will now spend four years in office as Governor Bassey Otu on Thursday assented to the amended State’s Electoral Law. With this development, it is almost certain that local…
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Any Stakeholders Meeting Purported to Elect New Exco Illegal – C/River Labour Party Leaders
By Magnus Effiong Leaders of the Labour Party in Cross River State have taken a swipe on some stakeholders of the party for allegedly planning to organise elections to fill non-existing vacancies in the State executive committee when the tenure of the current Committee members was yet to expire. In a press release made available…
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CROSIEC Partners NURTW For A Successful Local Government Election
The Chairman CROSIEC, Dr Ekong Edet Boco (middle) and a cross section of CROSIEC Commissioners pose for a group photograph with officials of NURTW after the courtesy call. By Anietie Akpan As plans to conduct Local Government election in the state are in top gear, the Cross River State Independent Electoral Commission (CROSIEC) has resolved…
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TCRI Explains Reduction in Communal Clashes, Seeks Support for Gov Otu
By Magnus Effiong An advocacy group, ‘Think Cross River Initiative’ has given insight on why incessant communal clashes and killings, which had bedeviled the State for decades in many local government areas, reduced drastically within the past fifteen months. The initiator of the ‘Think Cross River Initiative’, Mr Edem Darlington, who made the disclosure in…
