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…
By Proff Aboki CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – Sir Sen. Benedict Ayade has suffered more from the people he appointed under his watch as Governor of Cross River State. Recently, I saw a negative post about Ayade that he paid sweepers in Cross River state three thousand Naira (N3,000) when he was in power as Governor and…
Ogoja, Cross River State – In a recent display of solidarity and commitment to regional development, former Governor Ben Ayade (CON), has sent a heartfelt goodwill message to the Northern Cross River Coalition (NORTHCO). The coalition, which stands as the apex and umbrella body for the socio-political groups representing the Northern Senatorial District’s five local…
By Our Reporter The Cross River State House of Assembly (CRSHA) has raised alarm over the improper handling of state-owned cocoa farms by Mr Oscar Ofuka, former Governor Ben Ayade’s Special Adviser on Cocoa Development. Rt. Hon. Davies Etta, member representing the Abi State Constituency, raised the matter in urgent public importance on Tuesday during…
By Our Reporter Based on investigations into deals and agreements under the immediate past Governor of Cross River State, Prof. Ben Ayade, the Speaker of Cross River State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Elvert Ayambem, has disclosed that the State Assembly has vowed to stop and revoke deals on concessioned industries. This move and action…
A former Governor Ben Ayade’s aide, Comrade Afuo Joseph Ogbaji, and others have defected from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Cross River Northern Senatorial District. Ogbaji, also known as OGB, hails from Ugboro ward in Bekwarra Local Government Area of the State. He stated that APC…
Hon. Pius Edet Ankpo, Cross River State Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, has debunked media reports credited to him alleging that the immediate past governor, Sen. Ben Ayade left an empty treasury and dilapidated infrastructure across the state. Hon. Ankpo dismissed the media reports while briefing journalists on Friday in Calabar, the state capital. CONVERSEER…
