Tag: Cross Rivers
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Labour Party officials defect to APC in C/River
Mr. Simon Egboh, Labour Party Ward Chairman in Bunyia/Okubuchi Ward, Boki local government area, Cross River, has defected to the All Progressive Congress (APC). Egboh announced the defection on Monday in Boki local government area during the campaign tour of Mr.
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Cholera cases in Cross River, Taraba, others, unacceptable- NCDC
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Wednesday, expressed concern over cholera cases in states, with Cross River and Taraba leading. Ms Jessica Akinrogbe, the Senior Emergency Response Officer, NCDC, made the centre’s position known at the monthly meeting of WASH in Emergency Working Group in Abuja
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SAD! Two feared dead in Cross River communal fight
A combat broke out on Wednesday between the people of Ikot Offiong and Okoyong Akpap communities in the Odukpani Local Government Area of Cross River State. It was claimed that the people of Ikot Offiong stromed Okoyong Akpap and killed a man and a woman and proceeded to destroy houses and other property, a claim…
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Ayade orders house-to-house search of looted items
Cross River State governor Senator Ben Ayade has ordered security agencies in the state to search houses to recover looted items and take legitimate action to halt violence. Between Friday and Saturday last week, hoodlums and looters broke into over 35 government and private properties, looted several items and set some buildings ablaze. On Friday…
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Ayade gives conditions to reinstate 2,500 delisted workers
Cross River State Governor Ben Ayade has given the over 2,500 workers delisted from the state payroll the conditions they must meet to be reabsorb. The governor addressed the affected workers yesterday at the U. J. Eusene Stadium in Calabar, the state capital. He directed them to report for verification and regularisation. Ayade said the…
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CBN urges C’River Anchor Borrowers’ beneficiaries to pay back
The Central of Nigeria (CBN) has asked rice farmers in Cross River State who benefited from the Anchor Borrowers’ Programme to pay back the loans they collected in order not to stall the programme in the state. The CBN said it was making the call for the loan repayment so that other rice farmers in…
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INEC confirms electoral materials hijack in 4 C/River councils
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Cross River has confirmed the hijack of electoral materials in four local government areas of the state. The local government areas are: Abi, Bakassi, Obubra and Etung. The Resident Electoral Commissioner, Dr Frankland Briyai, confirmed the development shortly after monitoring the voting process at some polling units in…
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Protesters storm PDP Headquarters, demand annulment of C’River governorship primaries
…fault Ayade’s sole candidacy Protesters stormed the headquarters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in Abuja, on Thursday demanding the outright cancellation of the primary election held to choose the governorship candidate for Cross River State in the forthcoming 2019 general election. The protesters demanded that the primary election, which had Governor Ben Ayade of…
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Rivers, Benue Massacres: Atiku condemns killings, says Nigeria’s diversity, its strength
Former Vice President of Nigeria and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar has described as unacceptable the cycle of blood-letting that has led to the loss of precious lives across the country. Atiku Abubakar made the charge against the backdrop of recent killings in Rivers, Kaduna, Benue and other parts of the…
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Outrage as photos of C’River Deputy Gov, Esu holding umbrella for Gov Ayade floods social media
There appears to be endless reactions on social media to a photo showing Cross River Deputy Governor, Prof. Ivara Esu, 70, holding umbrella for Governor Ben Ayade. In the photo, Ayade, 48, is seen discussing with a man while his deputy holds the umbrella even when it is not raining. Though the umbrella appears to…