Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State has called for international partnerships to tackle the rising levels of insecurity in Nigeria, maintaining that the situation is beyond President Muhammadu Buhari. The governor said this on Thursday, explaining that insecurity is not peculiar to the country. “It is because people...
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Sen. Bukola Saraki, a presidential aspirant of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), has warned that Nigerians must not allow emotion and sentiments becloud their choice of a leader come 2023. Saraki said this in Calabar during a consultancy visit to party delegates ahead of the PDP primaries scheduled for...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – A US-based clergyman and Information Rector of Brotherhood College of Bishops, Archbishop Johnson Ikpeme has called on political parties in Nigeria to treat the issue of consensus candidates cautiously. Archbishop Ikpeme, who made the call during an interview with NATIONAL ACCORD in Calabar, said consensus...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Over 14.3 million youths from South South and South Eastern part of NIgeria have indicated interest to support Governor Yahaya Bello’s presidential ambition come 2023. The National Coordinator, Nigerian Rescue Mission (RENMISS) Abdullahi Damat, disclosed this on Sunday while addressing various youth groups during a...
PATRICK ABANG Calabar A frontline governorship aspirant in Cross River State, Imah Nsa Adegoke of the People’s Democratic party (PDP) has said that her mission in politics is to shift the cycle of injustice and inequality in governance in Cross River State. “If the proper parameters of Justice, equity...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The All Progressive Congress, (APC), Youth Lobby Group in Cross River has lauded President Muhammadu Buhari for strengthening ties in Nigeria through road construction. Speaking on the strides of the president on the construction of the new Ikom Bridge on Tuesday in Ikom, Asuquo Ekpenyong,...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Cross River State Commissioner for Rural Development, Hon. Edem Effiom has begun the grading of another 10 kilometers of rural roads in communities in Bakassi Local Government Area of the state. The exercise follows previous grading of a 6.3kilometres of roads in the hinterlands...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade has urged Christians to imbibe the virtues of Jesus Christ and adopt them as a template for everyday living. In an Easter message signed by his Special Adviser, Media and Publicity, Christian Ita, the governor stressed that Christ’s...
PATRICK ABANG Calabar – Against the backdrop of illegal occupation of IPMAN offices in some part of the country, The Federal High Court sitting in Calabar has ordered the Nigeria Police Force to vacate its secretariats in Abuja and the eastern zone. The court also warned against the arbitrary...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The State Chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Cross River State, Bar Alphonsus Eba on Friday said the State Working Committee of the party is not a commodity to be purchased by the highest bidder ahead of the party’s primaries. Eba disclosed this...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The United States Consulates General, Lagos in partnership with the National Commission for Museum and Muniment have spent over $22,000 dollars in an efforts to rebrand the old residency museum library in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. Speaking while commissioning the old residency refurbished...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Chief Chris Agara, a close associate of Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State has finally joined the governorship race for next year general election. Chief Agara, a chieftain of APC and oil magnet, disclosed this at the APC secretariat when he indicated his interest...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has said that he is not contesting the 2023 primaries of the People’s Democratic party (PDP) to be nominated as the Vice Presidential candidate to anybody in next year election. The governor also said he does not support the...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – One of the governorship aspirants of the All Progressive Congress ( APC), in Cross River State, Senator John Enoh has promised to run an open, transparent, inclusive and accountable administration if given the party’s governorship ticket and elected. Senator Owan also pledged to encourage existing...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – No fewer than 900,000 children between the ages of 0-59 months are set to be vaccinated against Poliomyelitis which is one of the deadliest disease in the history of mankind . The Director General of the Cross River State Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Janet...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – A frontline governorship aspirant under the platform of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Cross River State, Senator John Owan Enoh has appealed to the state working committee of the party to consider everyone aspiring to the office of position of the governor in 2023....
— As PDP insists is a stolen mandate, head for appeal PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Cross River State has expressed excitement and congratulated the State Governor, Ben Ayade over his victory at the Federal High Court. The party in a statement by the...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Ahead of the 2023 general election in Cross River State, over 41 support groups have called on the former lawmaker representing Southern Senatorial District, Senator Bassey Otu to contest for governorship ticket of the All Progressive Congress (APC). The leader of the support groups, Boniface...
PATRICK ABANG Calabar – Ahead of today’s judgement by a Federal High Court in Abuja over his defection from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC), Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade has expressed his belief in the Nigerian judiciary. NATIONAL ACCORD had reported that...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Cross River Government has debunked media reports alleging that it has been unable to pay salaries to workers and gratuities to pensioners in the state. The state Head of Service (HOS), Mr Timothy Akwaji, who debunked this in a statement issued on Tuesday in...