By Archibong Jeremiah The Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA) Board has been inaugurated by the Minister for Transportation, Hon. Rotimi Amaechi. The ceremony took place this morning at the Ministry for Transportation where the Minister charged the Board to leave no stone unturned in the discharge of their duties. The Board Chairman, Chief Akin Ricketts in
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Officials at the Kaduna custodial centre have demanded that relatives of inmates who died during the April 1 violent protest at the centre must sign an undertaking absolving the authorities of being responsible for the deaths. The undertaking is part of the conditions set by the centre’s management to be met by the late
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said that Kogi and Cross River States have the lowest figures of samples tested since the outbreak of the COVID-19 in the country in February, 2020. According to SaharaReporters, the two States are yet to record any positive COVID-19 case. While Kogi has only
By Patrick Obia A lecturer in the Department of Mass Communication, University of Calabar, Mr. Inyali Peter has accused the Federal Government of Nigeria of stealing more than what was added as minimum wage from lecturers salaries through the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System, IPPIS. The journalist who is also an aid to Ben
By Jonathan Ugbal Following weeks of a media face-off between the federal government and the Cross River state government, a seven-man team from the federal ministry of health has arrived Calabar, the state’s capital for an assessment of the level of preparedness as the world battles the SARS – CoV-2 pandemic. Cross River and Kogi
By Patrick Odey, Punch Newspaper The Anti-Child Theft Unit of the Akwa Ibom State Police Command has arrested a Medical Doctor, Victor Onongha, for alleged child theft. Onongha, who works with the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH) was arrested alongside a laboratory scientist, Hope Offor, and 15 others. The command said in a statement on
By Ebuka Onyeji, Premium Times The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has urged the federal government to direct, through the Presidential Task Force (PTF), an investigation into the coronavirus-free status of Kogi and Cross Rivers States. The doctors said an investigation into the status and management response to the coronavirus by the two state governments is in the
By Jonathan Ugbal The three civil servants arrested on Monday in Calabar for allegedly leaking documents which showed the payment schedule of NGN250 million withdrawn from each of the local government areas in Cross River state for the procurement of aircrafts and the construction of the Obudu international cargo airport are still in police custody.