By CrossRiverWatch Admin In a surprise move, President Muhammadu Buhari has sent Winifred Oyo-Ita, the head of service of the federation, on an indefinite suspension. He also named Folashade Yemi-Esan as the acting head of service “with immediate effect”. Oyo-Ita is being probed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over an alleged N3 billion contract scam.
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Due Process and Price Intelligence Bureau of Cross River State approved budget for 2019 is N1,049,093,337.97 only. According to the Cross River State Chart of account 2019 (General Administration) of the State budget exclusively obtained by our newsroom, the approved sum N1,049,093,337.97 is exactly what was earmarked for 2018. The office
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Supporters of #RevolutionNow and members of the Coalition for Revolution movement this morning held a protest in Lagos to demand the release of Sowore, Jalingo and other Nigerians in detention in the country. The protesters, who could not be held back by the rain that swept across the city, also defied the
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Principal partner FBI Legal, First Baba Isa, has termed Governor Ben Ayade’s delayed appointment of Commissioners in Cross River State, as “tactical insult” which many insinuate is as a result of tribunal case. The legal practitioner who featured as a guest on Hit 95.9 FM regular Sunday program “The Dialogue With Agba
By CrossRiverWatch Admin PRESS RELEASE President Muhammadu Buhari has dissolved the Special Presidential Investigation Panel for the Recovery of Public Property (SPIP) as currently constituted with Mr. Okoi Obono-Obla as Chairman. The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice has been directed to immediately take over all outstanding investigations and other activities of the
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Nigeria did not challenge the International Court of Justice (ICJ) judgment which ceded the Bakassi Peninsula to Cameroon because it would have made the country look “irresponsible” in the comity of nations, Mohammed Bello Adoke has said. The former Attorney-General of the Federation also revealed that for the first time Cross River
By CrossRiverWatch Admin While the Cross River State House of Assembly was scheduled to reconvene today, Monday, September 16, 2019, Cali Town reports that members of the House have refused to reconvene after a one month recess. We gathered on investigations that the refusal to reconvene is in protest over the non-payment of their statutory finances
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ), Cross River State Chapter has congratulated her Secretary, Mrs. Imani Odey on her recent appointment as a Senior Special Assistant on Electronic Media to the Governor. This was contained in a statement issued by the association’s State Chairman, Mrs. Umo Basi-Edet. Basi-Edet described her appointment