On the news today… 1. Cross River Anti Tax Agency Asks Traders To Vacate Parks 2. Arthur Jarvis University Shuts Down Over Student’s Abduction 3. Police Unaware Of Car Theft In Calabar 4. PHEDC Explain Power Outage To Customers 5. Cross River Government To Privatize Boki Palm Estates 6. CSO Tasks Government On Domesticating Of
Good morning and welcome to the midweek edition of Daily News on CrossRiverWatch, I am Jonathan Ugbal. Ahead on the news today, we have 1. CROSIEC Announce Timeline For 2023 Council Polls 2. Police, SSS Begin Manhunt For Abductor Of Student In Arthur Jarvis University 3. ASUU Dismisses President Buhari’s Two-Week Ultimatum Over Strike 4.
By Godwin Otang Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Center, CISLAC, through her Tax Justice Network Platform, TJNP, in collaboration with other CSOs has converged in Calabar, the Cross River State capital to strengthen the anti-tobacco advocacy and Tobacco Tax Control Law in the State. In an address, the Executive Director of CISLAC, Auwal Ibrahim Musa said
By Jonathan Ugbal – Ogoja, Monday Ogar – Yala, Patrick Obia and Sylvia Akpan – Akpabuyo Massive vote-buying has been witnessed at Ward 6, polling 002, Ekpri Obio Abakpa, Bakassi LGA, there is massive vote-buying by APC party Agents where they pay voters N500 to vote for the party. Meanwhile, in the process of sharing
By Jonathan Ugbal – Ogoja, Monday Ogar – Yala, Patrick Obia, and Sylvia Akpan – Akpabuyo In what may be seen as a show of sportsmanship, the PDP and APC in Cross River State are both optimistic about the outcome of the Ogoja/Yala federal constituency and Akpabuyo State constituency by-elections. Speaking to journalists in one
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Cross River State Command of the Nigerian Police Force is seeking for more vehicles to patrol the state as the capital city of Calabar has been hit by a wave of kidnappings. The command’s spokesperson, Irene Ugbo, a Deputy Superintendent of Police, told Vanguard Newspapers that the command is trying its
By Patrick Obia and Emmanuel Eni For the past three years, the Cross River State Government has budgeted a total of N42 billion for the construction of spaghetti flyover and rehabilitation and dualisation of the Calabar-Odukpani Highway, the major road between Cross River and other States. The State’s 2018 budget, named “Budget of Kinetic Crystallization”
By Patrick Obia The Chief Judge of the High Court of Cross River State, Justice Akon Ikpeme has advised the body of Judges in the Court to be wary about the ex parte motions they grant. This is contained in a statement issued by the Chief Registrar of the Court, Eden Okokon Esq which also