By Patrick Obia The Appeal Court sitting in Calabar, Cross River State capital has reaffirmed former Attorney-General of the State, Attah Ochinke Esq. as the authentic candidate of Ikom/Boki federal constituency for the 2023 elections under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). A legal practitioner, Barrister First Baba Isa disclosed this on his Facebook handle stating
By Patrick Obia The Flamingos of Nigeria have qualified for the semi-finals in the ongoing FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup in India. The Flamingos defeated the tram USA 4:3 on penalty shootouts after the 90 minutes play ended in a draw, 1:1. Omamuzo Edafe gave the Nigerian side the lead in the 27th minute through
There are three tiers of government – Federal, State, and LGA. There are over 40 ministries and there are hundreds of MDAs and Parastatals. We also have the security services, the military, and the paramilitary as well as the foreign service. All these structures of government were specifically created to SERVE us the citizens, diligently.
In this investigation, ELIJAH AKOJI exposes corrupt practices in the execution of over N490 million water schemes in Gasuha, Bade LGA, Yobe State, awarded by the Federal Ministry of Water Resources in 2020. The project is situated in the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan’s senatorial district in Yobe North. In 2020, the Federal Government through its Covid-19 Emergency Fund claimed
By Jonathan Ugbal President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked the interim administrator of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Mr. Effiong Okon Akwa, from his post with effect from today, 20 October 2022, says a statement issued by the Director, Press in the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs, Patricia Deworitshe. The statement, titled; “NDDC Sole Administrator
By Jonathan Ugbal The National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, is set to establish a National Register against Hate Speech to promote normative principles and frameworks for the 2023 general elections. NHRC is also working towards verifying and scrutinizing all national laws to ensure compliance with international human rights standards. The Executive Secretary of the Commission,
By Patrick Obia Cross River University of Technology (CRUTECH), now University of Cross River State (UNICROSS) will on Friday, October 21, 2022 resume academic activities after eight months of shutdown due to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike. ASUU had on February 14, 2022, declared a “total and comprehensive” strike and subsequently in
By Patrick Obia The Government of Cross River has mandated operators/owners of private schools in the State to pay a fee of N20,000 for re-accreditation – N5,000 for form while N15,000 as a fee. The directive which was contained in a circular with reference number MOE/QAD/1779/VOL.1, signed by Elder Emmanuel Agbor, Director/HOD Quality Assurance, on