By Alaba Adeyemi, Development News Nigeria On the 27th of June 2017, Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu laid the foundation stone of the Akure Civic Center project. The project was facilitated by the Member of the House of Representatives, representing Akure South and North, Hon. Afe Olowookere. For many people of Akure origin, the project
By Sylvia Akpan The family of the former Governor of Cross River State, Senator Ben Ayade has lost one of its members – Mrs. Ateb Janet Oniga to the cold hands of death. The 54-year-old Late Mrs. Janet is said to have called yonder after a brief and undisclosed illness. A notification of death issued
By Sylvia Akpan, Government House Correspondent Nigeria’s 10th senate has assured Cross Riverians and Akwa Ibomites that the 2024 budget will address the nightmares and bad state of the Calabar-Itu Road. President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, gave the assurance in Calabar while addressing newsmen on Friday 25, 2023, at Margaret Ekpo International Airport,
By Yemi Sodeeq, The Informant 247 It was exactly 10:13 p.m. on the night of Wednesday, September 20. Lukman Raji, a resident of Ile Mofalakun at Ita Amodu junction, along Ibrahim Taiwo road in Ilorin, Kwara State, sat by the roadside with a bread seller. She was already closing up business for the day. Going
Aminu Adamu, Wikkitimes In Taraba State, a mind-blowing crisis unfolds within the walls of schools like Mallam Audu Primary School, where pupils like Salma Yusuf are compelled to embark on an unexpected journey home during school hours. This is due to the alarming absence of restroom facilities – a dilemma that forces students to miss
By Godwin Otang The Nigerian Senate through its Committee on Gas, has summoned 15 companies operating in Nigeria for an investigative hearing over the Nigeria Gas Expansion Program (NGEP) intervention fund disbursement. Chairman of the Committee who is the Senator representing Cross River Northern Senatorial District, Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe, mandated the affected companies to appear
By Patrick Obia ActionAid Nigeria in partnership with Basic Rights Counsel Initiative (BRCI) has given a course to smile to children and locals of Abredang community of Biase Local Government Area of Cross River State. ActionAid Nigeria, a social justice organization working to eradicate poverty through gender equality and redistribution of wealth and power, funded
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Cross River State Ministry of Education has threatened to expel Secondary School students from Government Secondary School Ikot Ansa Calabar if found culpable of the recent alleged gang-related activities in the school. The Commissioner for Education, Dr. Stephen Odey in a visit to the school on Thursday said the visit is