The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced that 295 candidates in Cross River, would participate in the general elections scheduled for Feb. 25 and March 11.
Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has urged the National Assembly to launch an investigation into the regulatory activities of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), accusing it of succumbing to the control of an overtly politically partisan Minister of Information to cow broadcasting stations in Nigeria in an effort to prevent them from criticizing government officials and powerful political figures.