By Patrick Obia Returnees and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) who are mostly fishermen and petty traders in the riverine area of Ikang, Bakassi Local Government Area of Cross River State, have cried out over the continued harassment and victimization by soldiers of the Nigerian Army. The soldiers who were deployed to the coastal region to
By Godwin Otang New tertiary institutions in Nigeria often take off from existing infrastructure, usually donated by the federal, or state government or the local government. However, in the case of the Federal Polytechnic Ugep in Cross River State, there was no already-made temporary site provided for takeoff. The newly appointed rector of the polytechnic
By Patrick Obia The Suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Betta Edu was denied access to see President Bola Ahmad Tinubu, shortly she was suspended indefinitely over alleged financial misconduct. The under-fire suspended Minister was under investigation over alleged N44 billion fraud at the National Social Investment Program Agency (NSIPA). A statement
By Alaba Adeyemi, Development News Nigeria In 2019, Adedayo Omolafe who was representing Akure South and North Federal constituency in the House of Representatives nominated a project for the construction of a Primary Healthcare Centre (PHC) in Omoniyi Estate. The project was part of the Zonal Intervention Projects for 2020 and was awarded to Ekpofe
By Alaba Adeyemi, Development News Nigeria This report by Development News Nigeria, DNN looks into the activities of an illegal Quarry at Ijigba, Ondo state operating in contravention of the 2007 Nigerian Mineral and Mining Act. At the twilight of Olusegun Mimiko’s administration as the governor of Ondo state, projects that stood out as bringing
By Elijah Akoji and Lukman Abdulmalik, Solacebase Lack of access roads and warehouses for storage of grains for rural farmers were the key reasons for the multi-billion naira Climate Change Adaptation and Agribusiness Support Program initiative by the Federal Government in 2013. The project was funded by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). 13
By Ogar Monday When Beatrice Ochuole kissed her husband goodbye on the morning of the 12th of June, 2018, she didn’t expect that she would return to his lifeless body that evening. “We had spent most of the night talking about getting our daughter into school. He was worried about her, and in the morning,
Every community prays for access roads to attract development and ease livelihood. In 2016, the Enugu State government constructed a nine-kilometer road network from Obechara, Ugwuechara down to Ikenga Hotels junction. Ben Aron, The Whistler, in this report, portrays how this celebrated road has endangered Umuwalugwu village in Umakashi community of Nsukka LGA. The Genesis