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Governor Bassey Otu of Cross River State has expressed concern over the Yache-Ijiegu community feud with the Tiv settlers of Benue State, which resulted

A former Senator representing Cross River North at the National Assembly, Senator Stephen Odey, Friday, committed the remains of his 102-year-old father, Late

Views: Visits 8 By Emmanuel Una, Calabar The Senator representing Cross River North Senatorial district, Dr. Stephen Odey has announced his preparedness to work for the development of the district and not cause division and hated among its people. Making the declaration on Thursday in Yala Local Government Area while on a ‘thank you’ tour of the five local government areas that constitute the district, Odey said his protracted legal battle with his opponents is not out of perso...

By Gabriel Ewepu ABUJA-A stalwart and national delegate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, High Chief Higgins Oko Peter, has said the senator representing the Cross River North in the 9th Assembly, Senator Dr Stephen Odey, will deliver effectively with his intellectual capacity and experience. This is just as Peter noted that in 2023 the people of Cross River North will play a major role in determining who gets what in Cross River State because of its population and incumbency. Being also th...

Thu Apr 08 2021 The Senator representing Cross River North, Dr Stephen Odey, has said that Senate President, Ahmad Lawan cannot be pressured to inaugurate Mr Jarigbe Agom as Senator-Elect for Cross River North Senatorial District. The PDP won the December 5, 2020 Cross River North senatorial bye-election following the death of Senator Rose Oko. Jarigbe, a serving House of Representatives Member representing Ogoja/Yala Federal Constituency, and Dr Odey have been locked in a legal battle as both ...

The Nigerian Senate has mandated its committees on Basic and Tertiary Education to investigate allegations of abuse of $20 million meant to implement the Safe Schools Initiative of the Federal Government.

But Jarigbe, who contested the primary election, ran to the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Apo, Abuja and asked the court to declare him as the winner of the PDP primary election for Cross River North Senatorial District. The High Court granted his prayer and ordered INEC to recognise him as the candidate of the party. Senator Odey appealed the judgement of the High Court but the Appellate Court upheld the decision of the lower court. Not satisfied, Senator Odey proceeded ...

TODAY December 21, 2020 The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has issued a fresh Certificate of Return to Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe as the winner and duly elected candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to represent Cross River North Senatorial District. The decision followed the judgment of the Court of Appeal on Thursday which declared Jarigbe as the candidate of the party which won the election. The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja had on Thursday affirmed the judgment o...