By CrossRiverWatch Admin Bara Ogidi, a Bayelsa State-based journalist and the publisher of Track News has been arrested by operatives of the Department of the State Security (DSS). Sahara Reporters learnt that Ogidi’s arrest on Sunday was in connection with an alleged controversial libel suit involving the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Cross River State Government is set to recruit new work force into the civil service. The Head of Service (HoS), Mr. Timothy Akwaji disclosed this in Calabar during his maiden meeting with Permanent Secretaries of various ministries in Calabar, the State capital. Akwaji said the creation of Akwa Ibom from Cross River
By Haruna Mohammed Salisu, WikkiTimes In Ningi in Bauchi State, local politicians are enabling massive felling of trees in forest reserves despite Nigeria’s pledge to protect its forests and stop deforestation as part of the country’s measures to combat climate change. In Ningi, Chairman of the local government area, Mamuda Hassan Tabla is aiding and abetting
By Samuel Akpan, The Cable Ben Ayade, governor of Cross River, says he will run for president in 2023 if the All Progressives Congress (APC) considers him. The governor spoke on Wednesday in an interview on Sunrise Daily, a Channels TV programme. While responding to a question on whether he will run for president in
By Jonathan Ugbal and Patrick Obia Five out of the 17 people abducted by kidnappers along the Calabar channel on Monday have been released. The quintet – a child aged four, a pregnant woman, an old woman, a gunshot victim and the driver were blindfolded and dropped off at about 10:00AM at a beach in
Just like the astronaut requires a space jacket before going to space, one of the most important requirements to come and live on planet Earth, apart from Oxygen, is SIN. Without sin, no soul can incarnate on Earth. The moment your spirit accepts to take up flesh and come to live on planet Earth, it
By Sylvia Felix All is set for the interment of late Dr. Esther Onoyom-Ita, the Executive Director of Society for Youth Development and Rescue Initiative (SYDRI) who passed on after a protracted illness last year. In a public announcement made available by the Director of SYDRI, Emmanuel Onoyom-Ita, there will be interdenominational funeral service “rest
By Patrick Obia and Maxwell Effiong The All Progressives Congress (APC) and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) have released schedules of activities leading up to the February 26, 2022 legislative by-elections into different constituencies in the country. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had last week, announced that it has slated February 26th to conduct