By Patrick Obia The Boys’ Brigade Nigeria, Cross River State Council, has ended its 2022 State Youth Prayer Camp meeting in Calabar. The four-day intensive teachings and prayers held at the Presbyterian church of Nigeria, Hope Waddell Training Institution, Calabar where members of the brigade were drawn from the 18 LGAs of the state. The
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Journalists have been identified as key players in ensuring the negative narrative about the Niger Delta region of Nigeria changes. This was the focus and intent of the maiden edition of the Niger Delta Annual Media Dinner organised by GbaramatuVoice Newspapers in Warri, Delta State last week where the guest speakers reminded
By Jonathan Ugbal Traditional Rulers, youths and government officials in Obudu Local Government Area and Vandekiya Local Government Area of Cross River and Benue States respectively have engaged in different meetings to settle the protracted Abonkib, Mbazerem and Mbaduku communal clash. Abonkib is in Obudu while Mbazerem is in Kwande and Mbaduku in Vandeikya Local
By Patrick Obia The Convener “The New Nigeria Group” Dr. Sam Ohuabunwa has declared to run for the office of President in the 2023 general elections. Dr. Sam joined the queue of those seeking the Peoples Democratic Party ticket yesterday while making his intention known to PDP members at the party’s secretariat in Calabar, the
By Elijah Ojonicko Akoji, Wikkitimes Four out of the five contractors that received over N1 billion for the installation of solar streetlights in Adamawa State are the same individuals but the projects were allegedly never executed, according to an investigation by WikkiTimes. President Muhammadu Buhari’s senior special assistant on Sustainable Development Goals, Princess Adejoke Orelope-Adedulire,
By Idris Kamal Ibrahim, WikiTimes In 2019, the federal government, through the Federal Ministry of Employment, Labour, and Productivity, released about N20.8 million for the construction of a skills acquisition center bungalow in Gamawa, Bauchi State. Data obtained from Open Treasury Portal, an open contracting site of the Federal Government of Nigeria, indicates that G-Men
By Ushang Ewa Five lawmakers in the Obanliku Local Government Council legislature have defected to the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) months after they dumped the party for the All Progressives Congress (APC). The lawmakers announced their defections to their constituents at different areas in the council on Thursday. This means the council legislature is now
By Patrick Obia To reduce cases of gender based violence (GBV), journalists have a critical role to play in their style of reportage said civic space actors at a training workshop for journalists in Calabar, the Cross River State capital earlier this week. The training was organised by the Coalition for the Promotion of Gender