The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Senator Monday Okpebholo, APC candidate, as the winner of the 2024 Edo State Governorship election. INEC declared Okpebholo the winner on Sunday for the election held on Saturday, 21st September 2024. According to the results announced by the INEC, Okpebholo polled a total of 291,667 votes to…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has allegedly pegged the Chairmanship and Councillorship forms at N15 million and N6 million, respectively, for the forthcoming Local Government elections in Cross River State. The forms are broken down into Expression of Interest and Nomination Forms respectively. According to The Beagle News, the Expression of Interest Form is N5…
The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Cross River State, Barr. Alphonsus Eba has urged President Bola Tinubu to introduce subsidy (even if it is a partial subsidy) following the increment of petrol pump price by the NNPC. CONVERSEER reports that NNPC increased petrol pump prices to between N868 and N940 per litre…
The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Cross River State, Barr. Alphonsus Eba, has said only the part has secured a permit to rally in the state. Eba stated this on Wednesday, 31st July 2024, while addressing journalists at the APC Secretariat in Calabar, adding that anyone who wants to protest must obtain…
Many have applauded Governor Bassey Otu of Cross River State for releasing another batch of appointments this month, taking the tally to over 500 but the appointments have been lopsided, says an All Progressives Congress (APC) stakeholder. The stakeholder who spoke under anonymity said there is no equity in the appointment as sensitive positions are…
Ahead of the 1st August 2024 planned protest over the hardship and hunger plaguing the country, a group, made up of youths, has come out to appeal to those planning to protest in Cross River State. The group under the umbrella of South South APC Support Groups Leadership Caucus and the Office of the SA…
The Cross River State Government has called on youths to act as vigilantes in their local communities and charged them to lead the vanguard of securing their neighbourhood. The Chief of Staff to the Governor, Emmanuel Ironbar, made the call when the APC Ward 10 in Calabar South LGA celebrated his first anniversary in office…
The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Cross River State Chapter, Barr. Alphonsus Eba, has summoned a meeting involving key stakeholders of the party over the suspension of Governor Bassey Otu’s Commissioner for Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Helen Isamoh. In a press release signed by Hon Emmanuel Edem Inyang, State Publicity Secretary…
The Federal House of Representatives Member representing Edu/Patigi/Moro Federal constituency in Kwara State, Hon. Ahmed Saba, has been booed and labelled a thief by his constituents. Converseer learned that the incident happened on Tuesday when the lawmaker visited the district where he was participating in the All Progressives Congress (APC) council primary election for the…
Former Speaker of the 8th Cross River State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. John Gaul Lebo, has joined the All Progressives Congress (APC). CONVERSEER reports that John Gaul Lebo resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in his Adadama ward in Abi on 10th May 2024. A month and three days later, John Gaul Lebo…