By Jesupemi Are, The Cable The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says it recorded one new monkeypox death, bringing the total number of monkeypox deaths in 2022 to four. The agency, in its latest monkeypox situation report, said from July 25 to July 31, there were 24 new confirmed positive cases from 12 States
By Daniel Kanu Senator Bassey Gershom is the leader of the Cross River National Assembly Caucus and Senator representing the Southern Federal Constituency. In this exclusive chat with The Sun Newspaper, the lawmaker who enjoys massive love and popularity among his people speaks on Cross River politics, impeachment threat to President Muhammadu Buhari, security challenges,
By News Agency of Nigeria Aggregate production of mineral products in Nigeria peaked at 89.48 million tonnes in 2021 with Ogun, Kogi, and Cross River States recording the highest output, says a report by the Federal Statistics Bureau. The National Bureau of Statistics’ mineral production report for 2021 showed that national production grew by 39.19
By Ada Wodu, Punch Newspaper The Federal Road Safety Corps, Cross River State Sector Command, is set to clamp down on vehicles without genuine number plates, asking owners of the affected vehicles to rectify them or risk being arrested. The warning was contained in a statement issued by the spokesman of the Command, Mark Ajuka,
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The incident happened on 31st July 2022 in Ekori LGA, Cross River State Central Senatorial District. Until his dismissal PC Okoi Liyomo who joined the Police in 2019 with force number 524503 was attached to Ekori Division. Watch:
At the thanksgiving mass in honor of Justice Emmanuel Agim, on his elevation to the Supreme Court, at the St. Patrick Catholic Church in Calabar yesterday, Governor Ayade, after launching the 2022 harvest theme and donating N25m, reportedly told the Bishop John Ayah, who came from Uyo to Calabar that, “Before you depart for your
By David Hundeyin, West Africa Weekly There is a problem with Nigerian banking, and it’s worse than you think. Much worse. In May 2022, shortly after my story about Chinese loan sharks in West Africa went up, a number of new tips and leads started trickling in. It looked at first, as though a follow-up story would emerge,
By Jonathan Ugbal Nigeria’s secret police, the SSS on Sunday, arrested a lecturer at the University of Calabar (UNICAL), Mr. Dennis Inakefe in a gestapo-styled operation. Mr. Inakefe was picked up at about 5:00 AM in his Calabar residence with terrified neighbors shouted at by the operatives who were armed and numbered about six while