By Patrick Obia Listen To The Report The Governor of Cross River State, Sen. Ben Ayade has facilitated with muslim faithfuls as they celebrate the successful completion of this year’s Ramadan. Sen. Ayade took to his official Facebook page to call for unity among muslims and non-muslim faithfuls as they mark the Eid-El Fitri. He
By Yusuf Alli, The Nation Newspaper Listen To The Report The High Court lacks the powers to order the deletion of Section 84(12) of the Electoral Act 2022, the National Assembly has told the Court of Appeal. It urged the appellate court to order the retention of the section, adding that Justice Evelyn Anyadike of
By Shola Oshunkeye, The Crest Listen To The Report Over 463 houses in three Local Government Areas in Cross River have been destroyed by windstorms, out of the 1,326 households worst affected by the effects of the windstorm. The News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, reports that the affected Local Government Areas were; Obudu, Yala, and
By Ogar Monday Listen To The Report Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday swore in a Cross Riverian, Mrs. Anne Otelafu Odey, and four others as Commissioners of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offenses Commission, ICPC. The swearing-in happened shortly before the commencement of the weekly virtual Federal Executive Council meeting at the
By Patrick Obia Listen To The Report The Federal Government of Nigeria has said the current blackout greeting Cross River State and some parts of the country is a result of “an act of vandalism at the Odukpani – Ikot Ekpene 330KV double circuit transmission line resulting in a sudden loss of about 400MW.” A
By Mustapha Usman, The ICIR Listen To The Report The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Allied and Educational Institutions (NASU) have extended their warning strike by two weeks. The unions commenced a two-week warning strike on March 27 over the inability of the Federal Government to implement
By Archibong Jeremiah Listen To The Report The Federal Ministry of Power has apologized to Nigerians over the current power blackout across the country. There was a system collapse on the 8th of April, 2022 at about 8:30 pm, says the Ministry in a statement by Mr. Isa Sanusi, SA Media to the Minister. It
By Case File Listen To The Report A former Military Administrator Lt. Colonel Paul Edor Obi (Rtd.), of Bayelsa State, Nigeria between July 1998 and May 1999 during the transitional regime of General Abdulsalami Abubakar, was docked on Monday before Justice Mojisola Dada of an Ikeja Special Offenses Court, Lagos over alleged fraud. The former