Category: Politics
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Igbo Must Go Campaign: Evict Igbos, Watch Nigeria Burn, Separatist Group Threatens
By Magnus Effiong A Bakassi peninsular-based separatist group, Biafra Nations League (BNL), has said it would rain destructions on Nigeria’s economic assets within the Gulf of Guinea if proponents of the ‘Igbo Must Go’ campaign make real their threat. BNL Leader, Princewill Chimezie Richards, who made the remarks in Ogoja, northern Cross River State, Tuesday,…
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Organised Labour, CSO, Youth Groups, Others Reject Protest
By Magnus Effiong The Organised Labour, coalition of Civil Society Organisations, student groups, women groups, youths and market women, Wednesday, rose from a well-attended meeting to distance themselves from the #endbadgovernance protest. Speaking, Chairman Nigeria Labour Congress NLC, in the State, Comrade Gregory Olayi, said workers in the state would not participate in the protest, submitting “As…
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Protest: C/River APC Plans 11-Day Solidarity Rally, Warns Protesters
By Magnus Effiong The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Cross River State has said it would be on the Streets of Calabar and other major towns in the State from August 1 to 11, 2024 for a solidarity rally in support of good governance at both Federal and State levels. Chairman of the party in…
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Group Insists Ayambem Removed, Demands Election for New C/River Assembly Speaker
By Magnus Effiong Controversy surrounding the position of Cross River state House of Assembly Speaker is far from over as a group, Youth Action Network (YAN), has approached a Calabar High Court requesting it to order the Clerk of the Assembly to begin processes for members to formally re-elect Elvert Ayambem or elect a new…
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C/River Assembly Summons PHED, SEA, Others Over Poor Power Supply in Ikom
The State House of Assembly has resolved that the Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company (PHED), the State Electricity Agency as well as Ministry of Power be invited to appear before it to offer a public explanation of the poor power supply in the Ikom Local Government Area. The Assembly has also resolved that all relevant…
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Obong of Calabar, Efut Monarch Laud Governor’s Choice of Francis Edet as Special Adviser on Chieftaincy Affairs
By Ita Williams, Calabar The Obong of Calabar, His Eminence Edidem Ekpo Okon Abasi-Otu V and the Munene/Paramount Ruler of the Efuts, HRM Itam Hogan Itam, have lauded Governor Bassey Otu for the appointment of Sir Francis Edet as Special Adviser on Chieftaincy Affairs. The Monarchs said this while playing host to Sir Edet who…
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Obono Lauds Gov Otu on NULGE’s Staff Promotion, Payroll Automation, Others
By Magnus Effiong The President of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) in Cross River State, Comrade Obol Leko Otabe Obono, has lauded Governor Bassey Otu for the ongoing implementation of promotion of local government staff as well as other interventions which have brought hope to workers in the third tier of government…
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Cross River to Partner UN Women on Gender Equality
By Magnus Effiong The government of Cross River state and the UN Women have expressed readiness to partner in order to abolish harmful cultural practices against women and to frontally tackle other gender-based issues which had worked against economic emancipation of women in order to entrench a more gender equitable society. The United Nation entity,…
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Monarch Seeks Gov Otu’s Intervention over Ofuka’s Incarceration
By Magnus Effiong The Paramount Ruler of Etung local government area of Cross River State, His Royal Majesty (HRM) Dr. Emmanuel Oru-Ojong, has appealed to Governor Bassey Otu to intervene in the incarceration of Dr. Oscar Ofuka, former Special Adviser on Cocoa Development and Control in former governor Ben Ayade’s administration. Some powerful officials of…
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Court Throws Out Another Suit Seeking to Remove Edidem Abasi-Otu as Obong of Calabar
By Magnus Effiong The High Court of Cross River State, presided by Justice Elias Abua, has thrown out a suit which sought an order of interlocutory injunction to remove the Obong of Calabar, Edidem Ekpo Okon Abasi-Otu V. Justice Abua said that giving such orders without any tangible reason would do “incalculable and avoidable damage”…
