Gov. Bassey Otu . By Anietie Akpan Facts have emerged that Governor of Cross River State, Senator Bassey Otu’s cancellation of his leave extension by the State House of Assembly was due to his appointment as the Chairman of the Screening Committee of the All Progressive Congress (APC) governorship primary in Anambra state. Too sources…
The Supreme Court, on Friday, set aside the judgement of the Court of Appeal in Abuja which recognised Julius Abure as the national chairperson of the Labour Party (LP). A five-member panel of the Supreme Court unanimously held that the Court of Appeal lacked jurisdiction to have affirmed Abure as chairman of the LP since…
Suspended Kogi Central Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has said her resort to the use of helicopter to her hometown was her husband’s idea. Mrs Akpoti-Uduaghan disclosed this on Thursday when she appeared on “Politics Today,” a programme on Channels Television. The senator had on Tuesday flew into her hometown, Ihima in Okehi Local Government Area of…
CALABAR – The Cross River State Chapter Chairman of the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN), His Youthfulness Comr. Emmanuel Olayi has approved the nomination of nine persons to the State Advisory Council (SAC). According to a press release issued by Comr. Melchizedek Okwe, NYCN- CRS Public Relations Officer on Thursday, the nomination is in…
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, on Thursday, dismissed the rumour of his recent collapse at an event in Abuja. Mr Wike, while addressing journalists in Abuja on Thursday, said the rumour emanated from “political machinations”. A statement signed by Anthony Ogunleye, Director of Press, the FCT minister’s office, said Mr…
