By Patrick Obia Despite monetary challenges, the Nigerian contingent to the International Spelling Bee competition in Dubai, United Arab Emirates made the country proud after winning three out of six coveted positions. The country participated in Categories 5 and 6 which are for Junior Secondary and Senior Secondary schools. And, Boki born Pearl Koshi Etika-Matthews
By Chikezie Omeje, SaharaReporters In May 2019, the National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency, or NESREA, ordered a Chinese-run factory in the southeastern Nigerian state of Enugu to cease operation over illegal charcoal production and export. NESREA, established in 2007 by the Nigerian government to enforce environmental laws, said it would prosecute Kwo-Chief Investment Limited for
By Elijah Ojonicko Akoji, WikkiTimes Almost a year since the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) awarded a multi-million-naira contract for the installation of solar street lights in Jigawa North-West Senatorial District, WikkiTimes can reveal that there is no evidence of the work or the contractors on the ground. The project was nominated by Senator Danladi Sankara, who represents
By Patrick Obia And Sylvia Felix The immediate past Chairman of the Cross River State Universal Basic Education Board, Dr. Steven Odey last weekend described the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as a den of robbers who ganged up and robbed him of his position as Senator. The Appeal Court in July upheld the decision of
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Ezeiruaka Ifenyiwa Fidelia, the youth corper who was victimized by a Lieutenant attached to the 13 Brigade of the Nigerian Army in Calabar, Chika Viola Anele has opened up on issues surrounding the actions of the soldier. Ms. Fidelia told CrossRiverWatch in an exclusive interview Monday in Lagos that the incident happened
Weekend File is a news program on CrossRiverWatch television and radio that delves deep beyond the headlines, news, views and analysis that dominated public discourse within the week in Cross River State and the Niger Delta region. In this week’s episode, Mr. Ukorebi Essien, Publisher of The Daily News was our guest. Thank you for joining
By Aishat Babatunde, HumAngle Ten-year-old Amina leans on a sunken wood frame that forms a fence for a charcoal shop. She has come to buy charcoal with two other girls from a street tucked between ‘1,000 units’ residential area and Pegi in Kuje Area Council in Nigeria’s capital city, Abuja. Frustration furrows the lines of her
By Patrick Obia The United Nations Positive Livelihood Award Centre (UN-POLAC) has appointed Cross River born Mrs. Enene Fonne as an International Peace Advocate. With the appointment, the Ikom born Mrs. Enene Fonne will be actively involved in peace-making, conflict resolution and other activities that encourage peace and positive living anywhere in the world. The