The Cross River State Independent Electoral Commission (CROSIEC) has reduced the price of forms for the forthcoming 2024 Local Government Election. The Commission also issued a new timetable and guidelines for the election. This was sequel to the appeal earlier made by the Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) to CROSIEC. The new forms price and timetable…
Sergei Ryabkov, the deputy foreign minister of Russia, gave a press conference on Thursday regarding the BRICS Summit that will take place in Russia later this month. According to Ryabkov, thirty delegations had confirmed their attendance, and additional countries could be considered for membership, such as Turkey, which filed a bid to join the organisation in…
By Ita Williams, Calabar Cross River State Independent Electoral Commission (CROSIEC) has announced the extension of the state’s local government council election by one week, with a new date set for Saturday, November 2, 2024. CROSIEC had earlier scheduled the council polls for October 26. The Chairman of the commission, Dr. Ekong Edet Boco, made…
There was a pandemonium at the Cross River State Independent Electoral Commission (CROSIEC) office following the announcement of the Local Government Election Timetable by the Commission’s chairman as fight brokered between the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Social Democratic Party (SDP). The incident happened on 25th September, when CROSIEC Chairman, Dr Ekong Edet Boco…
By Princewill Kingston It is no longer news that Nigerians are railing, cursing and getting angrier by the day over unparalleled hardship which has dramatically taken another dimension since the current administration came on board on May 29, 2023. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his team seem to have lost grip of the economy and…
Governor Bassey Otu has unveiled his administration’s strategy to alleviate the high costs of food items and transportation in Cross River State by reducing costs to 40%. Speaking at the UJ Esuene Stadium in Calabar during the Independence Anniversary celebration, Governor Otu announced plans to achieve a minimum 40% reduction in transportation costs in the…
