By Jonathan Ugbal Nigeria’s Secret police, the Department of State Service (DSS) has denied that its operatives recovered the sum of USD9,000,000 (Nine Million Dollars)from the home of the Chief Justice of the Federation, Justice Walter Onnoghen last weekend. PRNigeria, a communications and public relations outfit reports that a top security officer with the intelligence
By Jonathan Ugbal The dredging of the Calabar Channel is currently threatened as the federal government and major stakeholders in the project are bickering over who is responsible for the delay in commencement of the project. The Managing Director (MD) of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala-Usman had told the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA)
By Inyali Peter The National Vice Chairman, South-South of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Hilliard Eta has maintained that the northern senatorial district of the state should be allowed to produce governor for eight years like the south and the central senatorial districts. Eta said this on Saturday during the reception/investiture of honors of distinguished party members
By CrossRiverWatch Admin A youth group, The National Youth Assembly of Nigeria (NYAN) has called for the implementation of the national youth policy as a means to end youth restiveness. This was contained in a communiqué issued at the end of its South-South regional summit held Friday, in Calabar the Cross River State capital
By Ogar Monday The Foundation for Partnership in the Niger Delta (PIND) an organization, working with Partners to build peace and equitable economic development in the region has described Calabar South, Calabar Municipal and Odukpani as Local Government areas in Cross River State with the highest occurrence of conflicts and the areas with most casualties.
By Ogar Monday; House of Assembly Correspondent The Cross River House of Assembly has passed a resolution mandating the State Revenue court to recover from the former Local Government Chairman of Obanliku, Mrs. Benedicta Kakwa and some former staff of the Local Government monies amounting to, over 15 million Naira (NGN15, 000,000) allegedly misappropriated and
By Ushang Ewa The Chairman of the board of the Niger Delta Development Commission, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba has said that the development of the region is the panacea for sustained peace. Ndoma-Egba stated this Friday when a delegation from the United Nations led by the Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Ambassador Edward Kallon
By Ushang Ewa An Aide to Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State, Paul Ojeka has said that his principal is not his God. Ojeka, who is in the Governor’s social media team is tasked with projecting positively, the Governor’s image and eventually dominate the social media with his programs, policies and projects. But, in