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*RT HON.PAUL ANDESHI ADAH :PASSAGE OF A MAN OF THE PEOPLE* In life, you bestrode the world like a collosus, in death you left your indelible footprints on the sands of time. Although your untimely passage to eternity hit us like a thunderbolt and left us creftfallen , we nonetheless submitted to the supreme will of God Almighty, the creator and possessor of the universe. Your death was indeed a body blow to your family and to all of us who were closely associated with you but we have found solace in the quality of life you lived and the love and passion for humanity you radiated throughout your life of service to our people. We forged our friendship consumed by passion and determination to make life more meaningful for our people. We dreamt and nurtured the dream of a new order in which our people will flourish and live their lives to the fullest potentials as imbued by the creator. We fought many battles in the trenches, we sought to change the narrative of relative deprivatio...

*ELECTION PETITION TRIBUNAL IN CROSS* *RIVER STATE RECEIVES CASES FROM* *NDOMA-EGBA, PRINCE OTU, NINE OTHERS* BY: Nsa Gill The Election Petition Tribunal for Cross River State has so far received eleven petitions challenging the outcome of the last General elections in the state. The petitions received so far are only for the National Assembly elections held on February 23rd, 2019. According to the Secretary of the Election Petition Tribunal in the state, Mrs Josephine Ekperobe the time frame to file a petition for the National Assembly elections elapsed on March 17th but the time is still open for the filing of any petition about the Governorship and State Assembly elections. Mrs Ekperobe disclosed that formal inauguration of the tribunal would be done soon. “We will inform the media and sitting will commence shortly after” she added. Details of the eleven petitions before the tribunal are as follows, EPT/CAL/S/01/2019 –Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba and All Progressives Cong...

*PRESS STATEMENT* *2019 ELECTIONS: APC Rejects Polls, Calls For Cancellation and Rerun In Cross River* Gentlemen of the press, we feel greatly constrained to address you today on the outcome of the just concluded elections in Cross River State. The National Assembly and Governorship/State Assembly elections organized by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Cross River State on Saturday February 23 and Saturday March 9, 2019, respectively, were, at its best, a sham that cannot stand the test of time.  The contest was not just between the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidates on one hand and the candidates of other parties that participated in the exercise on the other hand but between the APC candidates on one hand and the ruling party in the state, the Peoples Democratic Party, the INEC, the Security forces and Gov Ben Ayade's organized thugs on the other. The Etim John-led faction of the party were the ones INEC collected list of party agents from...

*BREAKING: C/River: Appeal Court  upholds Emmanuel Ibeshi  as PDP candidate* By Benjamin Lukeman, lagos   March  6, 2019 The Court of Appeal sitting in lagos on Wednesday granted an Order which replaces Ben Ayade of the PDP With Emmanuel Ibeshi as candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Cross River State. The panel of three Judges headed by M.M. Amadi ordered that the PDP does not have the constitutionl powers to withdraw Ibeshi rights to Vote and be Voted for,  and hence Ayade was not a Candidate in the premise that he did not contest primaries. The three judges in the panel unanimously agreed that in suit No CA/C/52/2019 The judge also went further to pronounce that candidate from the list submitted by PDP NWC should not be recognized by INEC. Responding to the  Order the Counsel to Ayade  and others, Farouk Liman said “I am dissapointed with the order of court but it is in the interest of justice and our  party have ...