Category: Politics
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VON DG Seeks Enhanced Military/Media Relationship to Boost National Security
By Magnus Effiong The Director-General of Voice of Nigeria (VON), Mallam Jibrin Baba Ndace, has called on the Nigerian Armed Forces to forge an enhanced symbiotic relationship with the media as part of efforts to build public trust thereby promoting national security. Speaking as a guest lecturer at the Nigerian Naval War College in Calabar,…
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CROSIEC, Security Agencies Partner For A Hitch Free Council Polls
Chairman of CROSIEC Dr Ekong Edet Boco in a warm handshake with the CRS Cp Gyogon Grimah during a courtesy call on the Commissioner recently in Calabar. By Anietie Akpan Cross River State Independent Electoral Commission (CROSIEC) and Security Agencies in the state have resolved to partner for a crisis free Local Government elections in…
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Leboku: C/River Govt Advocates Food Security, Tasks Farmers
By Magnus Effiong With the country grappling with high cost of foodstuffs and other socio-economic challenges, the government of Cross River state has charged farmers and indeed all Cross Riverians to double their efforts towards achieving food security. Governor Bassey Otu, who gave the charge during this year’s Leboku international new yam festival of the…
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C/Riverians React as Gov Otu Receives Highest Leadership Prize
By Magnus Effiong The Michael Okpara Foundation and Verbatim Media Group has concluded plans to honour Governor Bassey Otu with its highest prize, The Michael Okpara Leadership Award Premier’s Prize 2024 for Excellence in Governance, Service with Integrity. A letter signed by the Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the Michael Okpara Leadership Lecture and…
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LG Election: C/River Assembly confirms State Electoral Commission members
By Magnus Effiong As Cross River State steps up preparation for the conduct of local government elections, the House of Assembly has confirmed membership of the State Independent Electoral Commission (CROSIEC). The Assembly also confirmed four persons to constitute the Board of the State Internal Revenue Service. Chairmen and members of both the State Independent…
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Details Seeking To Create An Independent Electoral Body To Conduct Local Government Elections Is Out
Senate President, Chief Godswill Akpabio For The Record ! Details have been released on the new bill the Senate introduced on Thursday seeking to create an independent electoral body charged with the responsibility of conducting local government council elections. The bill with titled ; “Local Government Independent Electoral Commission (Establishment) Bill, 2024 (SB. 531)”, was…
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Gov Otu Names Ekong Edet Bocco As CROSIEC Chairman
Gov Bassey Otu By Anietie Akpan Cross River State Governor, Senator Prince Bassey Otu has approved the constitution of the State Independent Electoral Commission (CROSIEC) with Mr. Ekong Edet Bocco as the new Chairman . A statement dated August 15, by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Comrade Nsa Gill, said the appointment of…
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C/River Rolls Out Programmes Targeting 3.44m Multidimensional Poor
By Magnus Effiong Worried by reports from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) that 3.44 million Cross Riverians were facing multidimensional poverty, the State government says it has rolled out life-touching programmes to reverse the trend. Speaking at a press briefing in Calabar, the State Commissioner for Agriculture and Irrigation Development, Hon Johnson Ebokpo said…
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BNL Accuses FG of Marginalization, Insists on Referendum in South East, South South
By Magnus Effiong Biafra Nations League (BNL), a separatist group with headquarters in Bakassi peninsular, has accused the Nigerian leaders of treating the people of the South East and South regions as third-class citizens. BNL Leader, Princewill Chimezie Richards, who said this while addressing Journalists in Calabar, the Cross River State capital, demanded that the…
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After 25 Years of Marginalization, Cross River Community Cries To Gov. Otu
Gov. Bassey Otu By Anietie Akpan After 25 Years of Marginalization, an appeal has gone out to the Cross River State Governor, Senator Bassey Otu and the political class to zone the next Chairmanship position of Ikom Local Government Area ((LGA) of the state to Olulumo ward. The appeal came from a group, the “Opinion…