By Francis Bassey Usman Sule Gomna on Wednesday, resumed officially as the 29th Assistant Inspector General (AIG) of Police in charge of the Zone 6 command. The Zone 6 command of the Nigerian Police Force covers the Akwa Ibom and Cross River State Police commands. Mr. Usman was among the 24 AIGs including Cross River
By Stephanie Ududuwa, Sparkling FM Available data shows that Cross River State records 820 deaths every 100,000 live births and this number may be lower if declarations from the Government about equipping the health facilities to deal with medical emergencies arising from childbirth are fulfilled. Interventions from Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) like Pathfinder through Saving Mother
By Jonathan Ugbal and Patrick Obia Mr. Alhassan Aminu on Wednesday, officially resumed duties as the 42nd Commissioner of Police (CP) in charge of the Cross River State Command. This follows the redeployment of his predecessor, CP Sikiru Akande to head the ICT unit at the Force Headquarters in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory after
By Victoria Effiong The Arthur Jarvis University, Akpabuyo has appointed Nigeria’s minister for state, power, Prince Goddy Jedy Agba as the Chairman 9f it’s Board of Trustees. The appointment was conveyed in a letter to the Obudu born prince by the Chancellor of the Varsity, Sir Arthur Jarvis Archibong which said Agba’s appointment was after
Judex Okoro, The Sun Newspaper In this interview with the former PDP National Publicity Secretary, Vena Ikem, said that no matter the shenanigans going on in our political system, it is the people’s power that will ensure that the APC vacates government in 2023. He decried the spate of defections in our body politics and advocated
By Ada Wodu, Punch Newspaper Organised Labour comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress, Trade Union Congress and other affiliate unions in Cross River State has rejected the payment of N25,000 by Directors to write Permanent Secretary examination. Organised Labour (Action Committee) in a joint bulletin titled, ‘Attention: All Directors in State Service, payment of N25,000 by
By Patrick Obia The management of University of Calabar (UNICAL) has lamented what it described as “obnoxious and abhorrable” acts of sorting, extortions and sexual harassments going on in the institution by lecturers. Sorting refers to payments for grades. And, following widespread claims that students are relying on sorting to pass while lecturers extort monies
Many Nigerians already believe that the practical concept of the rule of law has taken a serious plunge under the watch of Abubakar Malami, SAN, as the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice. This is always debatable within the context of our political leanings and the complexions of our jurisprudence. What,