By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Local Government Chairman of Ogoja – Emmanuel Ishabor and the Chairman of Boki – John Ewa have both inaugurated a committee set up to look into the immediate and remote issues of a land dispute between Ndok Community of Ogoja and Njua community of Boki. Both communities have been at loggerheads
By Emma Una, Vanguard Newspaper The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, FCCPC, has expressed concern over the high number of girls using shisha tobacco as a stimulant in Cross River State. The FCCPC which carried out checks on tobacco shops and sensitisation exercise in Calabar and hinterlands of the State observed that the drug
By Agency Reporter The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Cross River State has announced an indefinite postponement of the flag-off of its state campaign earlier rescheduled from 5 to 10 December. This was contained in a statement from the APC spokesperson in the state, Erasmus Ekpang, on Thursday in Calabar. Mr. Ekpang said a new
By The Nation Newspaper For the second consecutive time, the Cross River State High Court has ordered the Nigerian Police to arrest and produce a retired Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG), Joseph Mbu, for prosecution. The court specifically ordered the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Usman Alkali Baba to produce Mbu at its next
By Abdul Seye, Daily Post The Public Account Committee of the House of Representatives has indicted the management of some universities in Nigeria for failing to render audited reports. Some of the schools indicted include; the University of Calabar, Federal University of Technology Owerri, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, and the University of Agriculture, Makurdi.
By Jonathan Ugbal On Friday, Nigeria’s oldest civil aviation company, Aero contractors resumed flying the Calabar route from Lagos and Abuja after it halted flights into the Cross River State capital for eight months. The airline had halted flights into the city before it stopped scheduling services on July 20, 2022, over financial difficulties. The
By Bakare Majeed, Premium Times The House of Representatives has summoned the Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Godwin Emefiele, over the new restrictions on cash withdrawals. The House resolved that Mr. Emefiele should appear before it next Thursday. The decision to summon Mr. Emefiele followed a motion of matter of urgent public importance moved by
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Justice Fadimatu Aminu of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, declared the All Progressives Congress (APC)’s senatorial primary for Cross River Central, which produced the Speaker of the Cross River State House of Assembly, Eteng Jonah Williams as null and void. Justice Aminu, in a suit brought by one of the