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Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State

May 20, 2021

Gov. Ben Ayade dumps PDP for APC

Mr Ayade was, until his defection, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party.

Governor of Cross River State, Ben Ayade and President Muhammadu Buhari
May 17, 2021

Insecurity: PDP governors meet in Ibadan

The meeting, presided over by Chairman of the PDP Governors’ Forum, Aminu Tambuwal, would discuss other issues relating to the progress of the party.

April 5, 2021

Calabar Carnival boss suspended

The suspension by the governor is coming two days after the commission held its maiden award night in Calabar

Calabar Festival
February 5, 2021

Tinapa: ECOWAS Court orders C/River govt to pay $6.5m debt

The court said that the repayment accrued from an outstanding loan granted the government in 2005.

ECOWAS court and Cross River State Governor, Benedict Ayade
January 4, 2021

Magistrates in Cross Rivers protest non payment of 2 years salary, block governor’s office

The governor said he did not give clearance for their appointments and would not pay them, the state’s Acting Chief Judge said.

December 31, 2020

Governor Ayade’s aide brutalises female job seeker for ‘rejecting sexual advances’

An activist narrates how Aboh Akongfe allegedly repeatedly molested the young woman, while rejecting her pleas to return to her parents in Lagos.