By Patrick Obia Bayelsa State has received NGN27 billion as part of refund from the Federal Government for federal projects it stepped in to salvage while Cross River, two others are yet to smile to the bank. Alongside Cross River State, Ondo, and Osun are yet to be reimbursed by the Federal Government for salvaging
By CrossRiverWatch Admin President Muhmmadu Buhari has replaced the Service Chiefs with immediate effect. Femi Adesina, presidential spokesman, broke the news on Tuesday afternoon. The new service chiefs are Leo Irabor, a Major-General of the Nigerian Army, Chief of Defence Staff; I Attahiru, Chief of Army Staff; A Z Gambo, Chief of Naval Staff; and
By Jonathan Ugbal An Abuja Magistrate Court sitting in Wuse Zone 2 has discharged and acquitted four out of the six defendants brought before it on November 6, 2020 for alleged conspiracy, unlawful assembly and conduct likely to cause breach of public peace. Five protesters who had joined the second wave of the #EndSARS protest
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Okoi Obono-Obla, a former aide to President Muhammad’s Buhari on prosecution has said his continuous travails at thee Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) was an effort to “hang” him for serving the country “honorably.” Obono-Obla who also served as the Chairman of the Special Presidential Investigation Panel for the Recovery of Public
By Cletus Ukpong, Premium Times Cross River State on Sunday recorded 20 cases of COVID-19 infection, the highest so far in the State. Prior to this, the State has remained at the bottom of the table since the outbreak of the Coronavirus in Nigeria. The total number of confirmed cases in the State is now 189 as
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari has cut short the four year tenure of the Chairman, Board of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Akin Ricketts. Mr. Ricketts, a former Commissioner of Information in Cross River State was appointed on March 10, 2020 alongside Muhammed Koko, Prof. Idris Abdulkadir and Onari Brown as Executive Directors.
By Ushang Ewa The family of Mrs. Mary Ugbome have petitioned the Inspector General of the Nigerian Police Force, Director General of Nigeria’s secret police, the SSS and the National Human Rights Commission to investigate her sudden disappearance on December 24, 2020. Mrs. Ugbome (nee Stephen Okoi), according to the petition, was last seen at
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Cross River Governor, Ben Ayade has asked the 29 Magistrates who were engaged by the State in 2019 from the private bar to forfeit their two years salary owed them. This was disclosed in a letter obtained by this Newspaper on Tuesday wherein the 29 Magistrates who were recently directed to stop