By Patrick Obia Listen To The Report The Federal Government of Nigeria has said the current blackout greeting Cross River State and some parts of the country is a result of “an act of vandalism at the Odukpani – Ikot Ekpene 330KV double circuit transmission line resulting in a sudden loss of about 400MW.” A
By Mustapha Usman, The ICIR Listen To The Report The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Allied and Educational Institutions (NASU) have extended their warning strike by two weeks. The unions commenced a two-week warning strike on March 27 over the inability of the Federal Government to implement
By Archibong Jeremiah Listen To The Report The Federal Ministry of Power has apologized to Nigerians over the current power blackout across the country. There was a system collapse on the 8th of April, 2022 at about 8:30 pm, says the Ministry in a statement by Mr. Isa Sanusi, SA Media to the Minister. It
By Case File Listen To The Report A former Military Administrator Lt. Colonel Paul Edor Obi (Rtd.), of Bayelsa State, Nigeria between July 1998 and May 1999 during the transitional regime of General Abdulsalami Abubakar, was docked on Monday before Justice Mojisola Dada of an Ikeja Special Offenses Court, Lagos over alleged fraud. The former
By The Cable Listen To The Report President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Beatrice Jedy-Agba as Solicitor-General of the federation. Her appointment was contained in a statement issued on Friday by the office of the Head of Civil Service of the federation. Before Beatrice’s appointment, Mohammed Umar, Director of Public Prosecution, was acting
By Noah Banjo, Punch Newspapers A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, thw Federal Capital Territory has sacked 20 members of the Cross River State House of Assembly who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressive Congress (APC). In a judgement delivered by Justice Taiwo Taiwo, on Monday, the court held that
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Commissioner for Health in Cross River, Dr. Betta Edu has emerged as the consensus aspirant from the state for the position of Woman Leader ahead of the March 26, 2022, national convention of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The position is one of those zoned to the south-south region of the
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri, Vanguard News Nigeria This is certainly not the best of times for Governor, Engr. David Umahi of Ebonyi State and his Deputy, Dr. Eric Igwe. The duo was last Tuesday, sacked from their respective offices by a Federal High Court in Abuja, following their defection from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to