Perhaps to confirm that former governor of Akwa Ibom State and serving Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Godswill Akpabio, will defect to the All Progressives Congress, APC, Wednesday this week, this picture of Akpabio and President Buhari, in London this morning appears to flag Akpabio’s defection.
In line with several of his campaign pronouncements in the run in to the 2015 governorship election, Cross River State governor, Ben Ayade has spared no effort in crystallizing his dreams, turning his industrialization vision into reality. From the creeks of Bakassi, through the rainforest of Akamkpa and down to the hills and mountains of…
A friend, a Nigerian, from the US just called to draw my attention to the comments made the Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, on why Sambo Dasuki cannot be released by the Federal Government despite having been granted bail by a court of competent jurisdiction. In fact several courts have granted Dasuki bail in…
On May 17, 2018, a group of land developers under the aegis of the “Oqua Royal Family Land Developers Association, wrote to Cross River State governor, Ben Ayade, appealing against the proposal by government and her agents to acquire the private land and buildings behind the garment factory at the Goodluck Jonathan by-pass, Calabar, Cross…
The People’s Democratic Party Speakers Forum condemns in strong terms the July 11 attack on the executive governor of Ekiti state and Chairman of the PDP Governors’ Forum, His Excellency Ayodele Peter Fayose by the members of the Nigeria Police. This ugly incident is no less a brazen rape our fledging democracy and a negation…
As the unfortunate and deadly bloodbath between the Ukelle community in Cross River State and the Izzis in Ebonyi State continues, Evaristus Ikpa, satirically laments in this thought-provoking piece Congratulation to the Nigerian Military, congratulations to the Cross Rivers State Government and a bigger congratulations to the entire Ogoja People (Northern Senatorial District). Maybe it…
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