By Jonathan Ugbal The House of Representatives on Thursday during plenary resolved to investigate the operations and management of the export free trade zones in Nigeria following a motion sponsored by two term lawmaker, Eta Mbora. The Nigerian Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA) and the Oil and Gas Free Trade Zone Authority (OGFTZA) are the
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Two term lawmaker, Legor Idagbo has dismissed any insinuation that the investigation of the House of Representatives Committee on Local Content for alleged abuse of bidding, contracting and operational processes by Exxon Mobil against Nigerian owned companies was a witch-hunt. The committee began it’s hearing on Tuesday and Idagbo, who represents the
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Farmers who cultivate Irish potatoes are currently undergoing training to develop their capacity at a farmer’s business school (FBS) holding in Obudu. The FBS is an initiative of the federal ministry of agriculture and rural development (FMARD) and the class holding at Obudu which began on May 3rd, will elapse on May
There are very few young Nigerians who will not jump at an opportunity to relocate to another country. Although the USA, Canada, The United Kingdom, and Australia might be preferred destinations, young people just want to get out of Nigeria and don’t really care where. In the minds of most, there could hardly be a
By Jonathan Ugbal The Cross River State Government on Tuesday, took delivery of the second Boeing 737 – 300 purchased for the floating of Cally Air, a government initiative in partnership with Dana Air. The first had arrived weeks ago. The plane touched down the Murtala Muhammed International Airport Tuesday night with several government functionaries
By NAN Gov. Ben Ayade of Cross River State has given assurance that the construction work on the Obudu International Passenger and Cargo Airport would be ready within the stipulated time. Ayade, who gave the assurance while inspecting the project on Sunday at Obudu, however, did not state the exact time the airport would be
By Oge Udegbunam and Mary Izuaka, Premium Times Twelve out of Nigeria’s 36 States paid the least attention to the implementation of real and people-impacting projects, classified as capital expenditure in the 2019 Budget, recording a less than 30 percent performance, a new report says. A report by the civic advocacy group, BudgIT, said among
By Patrick Obia The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted normal to above normal rainfall season in 2021 across the country. And, Cross River will get 270 days of rainfall starting from March 4th, said Godwin Ugah Unimke, the Executive Director of Green Planet Initiative, a nongovernmental organization in Calabar on Thursday while enlightening farmers