By Okechukwu Nnodim and Opeoluwani Akintayo, Punch Newspaper Listen To The Report Figures obtained on Monday from the Nigeria Electricity System Operator, an arm of the Federal Government’s Power Transmission Company, showed that the national electricity grid crashed from a peak of 3,703 megawatts to as low as 9MW on Sunday. Nigeria witnessed widespread blackout
By Angela Nkwo-Akpolu, Leadership Listen To The Report Fifteen young males were last weekend, arrested by the Ebubeagu Security Outfit in Ekwe community in Isu Local Government Area of Imo State. Reports suggest they were excavating sand at the Njaba River while the Palace of the Traditional Ruler, Eze Nicholas Ibekwe was also invaded and
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Listen To The Report The African Center for Leadership, Strategy, and Development, Center LSD, has called on the Federal Government of Nigeria to immediately institutionalize the Open Government Partnership, OGP to increase transparency and trust in governance. The Executive Director of the Center LSD, Mr. Monday Osasah, made the call in a
By Patrick Abang, National Accord Newspaper Listen To The Report The remains of the late Cross River State Chairman of Sports Writers Association of Nigeria, SWAN, Comrade Albert Archibong Andinam (JP) has been laid to rest in Calabar, the State capital. The late sports enthusiast suffered from an ailment while receiving treatment at the Navy
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Listen To The Report Mr. Charles Oberu, suspected to be the mastermind behind the recently circulated sexually explicit video of a nurse-in-training, Ms. Gracious John, has been arraigned. He was arraigned on Thursday 8 June 2022 at the Federal High Court, Calabar. The charges were amended and the case was adjourned to
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Listen To The Report A 35-year-old woman has been sentenced to six months imprisonment by a Court in Calabar, the Cross River State capital for using an underage to beg for alms. The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, in a statement, said the Court found Glory Asuquo
By Patrick Obia Listen To The Report No fewer than eight people have been reported dead in the age-long communal crisis between the Nko community in Yakurr and the Onyadama community in Obubra Local Government Areas of Cross River State. This is coming less than two months after both communities engaged themselves over a boundary
By Ogar Monday Listen To The Report Former Akwa Ibom State House Representatives Member, Hon. Robinson Uwak has been accused of attempted murder by his wife, Kezia. She made the accusation in a press conference in Calabar where she narrated her ordeal in the marriage. Kezia, who couldn’t hold back her tears as she spoke