By Ushang Ewa The House of Representatives on Tuesday during plenary, adopted a motion by first term lawmaker, Alex Egbona calling on the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to review the status of each of the 38 modular refinery licences issued to Nigerian firms, with a view to revoke and re-issue them to competent and
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Two term lawmaker, Legor Idagbo has dismissed any insinuation that the investigation of the House of Representatives Committee on Local Content for alleged abuse of bidding, contracting and operational processes by Exxon Mobil against Nigerian owned companies was a witch-hunt. The committee began it’s hearing on Tuesday and Idagbo, who represents the
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Fifth term federal lawmaker and Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Niger Delta Affairs, Essien Ayi has accused t he presidency of aiding illegality over the non inauguration of the board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Mr. Ayi also faulted the Niger Delta Affairs minister, Godswill Akpabio’s claim
By Archibong Jeremiah The Cross River State Governor, Sen. Ben Ayade has met with his colleagues from Sokoto, Delta bad Enugu State. Governor Ayade who took to social media to reveal details of their meeting stated that he is positive his party, PDP will survive the current crisis and come out strong. In his words,
By Simon Echewofun Sunday, Daily Trust Newspapers The federal government recently announced that it was deploying solar-powered grids to 200 Primary Health Centers (PHCs) and the 104 Unity Schools nationwide. This development is coming when the power supply from the national grid is not enough for the over eight million registered electricity customers of the
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Farmers who cultivate Irish potatoes are currently undergoing training to develop their capacity at a farmer’s business school (FBS) holding in Obudu. The FBS is an initiative of the federal ministry of agriculture and rural development (FMARD) and the class holding at Obudu which began on May 3rd, will elapse on May
By BBC News Africa BBC Africa Eye goes undercover to expose an ineffective and corrupt pension system in Nigeria, which leaves some elderly people sick and penniless, yet grants some politicians inflated retirement packages. Reporter Yemisi Adegoke travels to Cross River State to meet ‘Ghost Pensioners’ elderly people whom the State declared dead and deprived
By Tope Templer Olaiya, News Editor – Guardian Newspaper Today, workers across the country will observe a public holiday to mark this year’s International Workers’ Day, but across the country, only a negligible few, in spite of the avalanche of goodwill messages and promises made on Labour Day, are looking forward to a promising future. This