By Ashifel Adie Cross River State politics résumés at the stroke of the new year as the major stalwarts in the Cross River State People’s Democratic Party (PDP) gathered, not in the state, but at the Asokoro home of former governor, Liyel Imoke, in Abuja. Apart from Liyel Imoke, the new year party included his…
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The All Progressives Congress, APC, has released its timetable and schedule of activities for the conduct of the 2022 concurrent Legislative By-Elections across four states of the country in accordance with the provisions of the Electoral Act 2010 (as amended) and the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, guidelines. The states are: Cross River State (Ogoja/Yala…
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By Emmanuel Unah Tragedy struck at the Cross River State Police Command over the weekend when the rifle of a policeman, Ubi Arikpo, a Sergeant, accidentally went off , shooting dead his colleague, one Francis Agube, a Police Sergeant too. A police source at the Atakpa Police Station in Calabar South, narrated that the incident…
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As many as 200 students of the University of Calabar, will benefit from a more than N10 million naira scholarship scheme, made available by businessman and politician, Chris Agara. We gathered that the actual amount, N10,365,950, ten million, three hundred and sixty five thousand,nine hundred and fifty naira, has already been paid into the account…
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Former Head of the Interim National Government, INC, Ernest Shonekan, is dead. He died in Lagos at 85, family sources have revealed. Shonekan was chairman of the INC, which succeeded the military junta of General Ibrahim Babangida. He ruled from August 26 to November 17, 1993 until he was overthrown in a palace coup led…
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The Cross River State Women Emancipation Initiative, CROWEI, and the Asuquo Ekpenyong Foundation, AEF, brought joy to no fewer than 1000 women when it distributed micro grants to them, to the tune of N50 million. Empowered with a view to help the women start up small businesses, the event which gathered women from across the…
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