By Inyali Peter, PhD In an unusual departure from established practice, Linus Obogo, the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Bassey Otu, yesterday issued a public statement announcing a presidential invitation extended to former Governor Ben Ayade. Ayade, currently an aspirant for the Cross River North Senatorial seat under the ruling Progressive Congress, APC, had been…
By Frank Ulom Governor Bassey Otu has informed his predecessor, Sen. Ben Ayade that President Bola Tinubu wants to see him. The message was conveyed in a press statement signed by Linus Obogo, Chief Press Secretary/Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the Governor, on Wednesday, April 29, 2026. According to the statement, the President…
By Our Reporter Ogoja (Converseer) – High Chief Higgins Peters, the revered natural leader of Cross River North has categorically stated that Sen. Prof. Ben Ayade wanting to go back to the Senate is being unfair to Governor Bassey Otu and wanting to paint a picture of the Governor not reciprocating the favour he did…
By Our Reporter OGOJA (CONVERSEER) – All the 54 councillors from the Northern Senatorial District of Cross River State have declared their readiness to support former governor Benedict Ayade, ahead of the 2027 general elections. The councillors made this known during a strategic gathering held in Obudu on Wednesday, with participants drawn from the five…
Many who are now hailing Sen. Ayade previously condemned Sen. Jarigbe Agom when he distributed similar motorcycles. By Inyali Peter ABUJA (CONVERSEER) – There have been mixed reactions to former Governor Ben Ayade’s recent donation of motorcycles and cars to ward and chapter chairmen of the APC in Cross River North. Some have criticised it…
By Our Reporter CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – Cross River State Governor, Senator Bassey Otu, has extended warm and effusive felicitations to his immediate predecessor, former Governor Ben Ayade, as he marks his 58th birthday, describing him as an erudite scholar, audacious reformer and patriot whose years in office etched indelible footprints on the sands of the…
