By Adebayo Aare, MAP News No fewer than 6,205 persons died in road accidents in 2021 as the country recorded 13,027 road crashes, according to Nigeria’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). One of the many roads on which these accidents occur regularly is the Olomi-Ayegun-Olojuoro-Ijebu Igbo road in Oyo State. A contract for the construction of
By Patrick Obia And Mary Bassey The Federal Roads Maintenance Agency had awarded and released the sum of N148.9 million to Jireh Habitation Integrated Services Limited for the rehabilitation of the deteriorating Okurikang-Akpap-Creek Town Road in Cross River State. Parts of the road which is one among many Federal roads in the State either on
By Ogar Monday The Cross River State Primary Health Care Development Agency has revealed that it has set up a disciplinary panel to investigate and punish health workers who are found to not be at their duty post and those who charge more than the prescribed amount for deliveries within facilities. The Director-General of the
By Patrick Obia Akrabah, Akwurinyin, and Abukpem are three of the thirteen political wards which make up Gakem in Bekwarra Local Government Area of Cross River State. It is about five kilometers from the Local Government capital – Abuochiche, 30 Kilometers from Vandeikya Local Government of Benue State, and shares boundaries with neighboring Yala in
Ahead of Nigeria’s 2023 general elections, residents of some hard-to-reach communities in Gombe state cannot participate in the general election. They were disenfranchised by INEC officials who accepted kickbacks in order to travel long distances to capture potential voters. WikkiTimes’ IDRIS Kamal and HAFSAH MUHAMMED report that, for failing to mobilize resources for INEC officials, many residents
In this investigation, ELIJAH AKOJI exposes corrupt practices in the execution of over N490 million water schemes in Gasuha, Bade LGA, Yobe State, awarded by the Federal Ministry of Water Resources in 2020. The project is situated in the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan’s senatorial district in Yobe North. In 2020, the Federal Government through its Covid-19 Emergency Fund claimed
Just like Odupkani, health centres in Akpabuyo local government in Cross River State have been abandoned after construction. Kehinde Ogunyale reports how this has affected the community’s healthcare. Every two months, Etim Ekpenyong, a businessman and farmer, earmarks N20,000 for the clinical and medical needs of his aged father. The father, Etinyin Ekpenyong, 93, is the clan
The Ifako Okoyong community, like several others in Cross River State, is littered with water scheme projects but the people are unable to access potable water for years.. Kehinde Ogunyale reports. Mary Ekpang goes through frustration in search of water every day. She treks several kilometers to a local stream for drinking and cooking water. She relies