By SaharaReporters The failure of Nigeria’s Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, to successfully negotiate an arbitral award with Process and Industrial Developments Ltd, has placed Nigeria at the receiving end of losing up to 20 per cent of the country’s foreign reserve, a monetary sum of over $9bn. A 2010 contractual agreement between
By News Agency of Nigeria The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) Cross River Command has arrested an irregular Cameroonian migrant, Kouaha Dieudonne, 42, with seven multiple standard passports. The Comptroller of NIS in the State, Mr. Okey Ezugwu, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Calabar. He said the suspect was
By Jonathan Ugbal A Mobile Court in Lagos state has discharged and acquitted 19 members of the RevolutionNow movement arrested earlier today by men of the Nigerian Police Force. Journalist and rights activist, Agba Jalingo facing trial for alleged acts of treasonable felony due to an article he wrote in July 2019, was among the
By Jonathan Ugbal CrossRiverWatch publisher, Agba Jalingo and 18 others participating in the #RevolutionNow protest in Ikeja, Lagos have been arrested by men of the Nigerian Police Force. Witnesses say they were protesting at Ikeja under bridge in Lagos when the Police swooped in and effected a mass arrest after firing teargas canisters. The #RevolutionNow
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Mr. Aggrey and his wife Susan have been on the run since 19 June, 2020 over a missing car, Mercedes Benz (ML) 320, says a petition to the Police. According to the petitioner, His Highness, Chief Etim Efeffiom Archibong, Ibuot Ufok Abasi Atiata of Inyang Ewa in Ewa Ekeng House, “I got to
By Archibong Jeremiah As part of activities marking the 2020 World Mangrove Day in Cross River State, Integrated Mangrove Watch Association of Nigeria (IMWAN) has called on the three tie of Government to become practical in mangrove ecosystem defense. IMWAN in collaboration with Integrated Mangrove Forest and Livelihood in Nigeria (IMFOMALIN) project at an event
By Jonathan Ugbal The chronicles of the SARS – CoV-2 in Cross River remains one of discordant tones as the state’s chapter of the Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists of Nigeria (AMLSN) has written the Nigerian Center for Disease Control (NCDC) decrying what it perceives to be sharp practices. The association said while the two
By Jonathan Ugbal The Nigerian Center for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced three more cases of the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) for Cross River state. This brings the total number of confirmed cases to 40. According to the NCDC, there are 28 active cases in the state. The NCDC announced 555 new cases of the SARS