By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Uyo Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Thursday arrested thirty-three suspected internet fraudsters during a sting operation at different locations in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. 17 were arrested at a location on Post Office Street, Royal Estate, off Ikot Omin, while 10 were apprehended
By Adejumo Kabir, HumAngle As most families in Nigeria were planning for Christmas, in December 2020, Inspector Daniel Ise of the Nigeria Police had to prepare for his departure. He had just been transferred from Akwa Ibom, where he had served for years, to Owerri in Imo State, Southeast Nigeria. His wife and children were unhappy with
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, Comrade Amawu Cletus-Albert, Publisher of Epistle News was our guest. Thank you for joining
By Sahara Reporters The attorneys general in Nigeria’s 36 States have sued the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, for non-remittance of stamp duties fund generated from the States. According to a court document, the attorneys sued Malami because funds generated from stamp duties are not remitted into States’ coffers,
The issue many are not putting in proper perspective on this VAT ruling by Port Harcourt Federal High Court is that the advantage Lagos, Rivers and FCT have over other states per VAT is the fact that Nigeria’s formal economy is concentrated in these places while others run an informal economy, largely. It is not
By Ike Uche Africa’s biggest platform for economic development, Black Wall Street (BWS) has donated computer tablets to empower Voice-Over Artistes in Nigeria. The Association of Voice-Over Artistes in Nigeria led by famous actor and voice-over guru, Segun Arinze, received the donations on Monday from Linda Ezenwankwo who represents the Black Wall Street in Nigeria.
By Elijah Ojonicko Akoji Jigawa State Ministry of Water Resources made a claim in a report that potable water supply has increased to 90 percent in the State after spending nearly N6 billion to build and rehabilitate boreholes. Jigawa is now the first State in northern Nigeria where nearly all the residents have access to
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Cross River Governor, Ben Ayade has lamented the death of one – time Military Administrator of the old Rivers State (now Rivers and Bayelsa States), Brigadier General Anthony Ukpo (rtd). General Ukpo who was also a former Minister of Information died on Monday, days after his sister passed away in the United