By Oge Udegbunam and Mary Izuaka, Premium Times Twelve out of Nigeria’s 36 States paid the least attention to the implementation of real and people-impacting projects, classified as capital expenditure in the 2019 Budget, recording a less than 30 percent performance, a new report says. A report by the civic advocacy group, BudgIT, said among
By Jonathan Ugbal A former commandant of the Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Air Vice Marshall (AVM) Eko Osim rtd is dead. AVM Osim passed away in the late hours of Sunday in India where he traveled to for surgery, sources close to the family say. A native of Bahumuno nation in Abi Local
By Emma Una, Vanguard Newspaper There was confusion in Owakande 2 in Obubra Local Government Area of Cross River State following the disappearance of the body of a lawyer, Mr. Egbara Owan which was scheduled for interment at the weekend. The programme for internment of the man had begun with a lying-in-state at the Obubra
By Archibong Jeremiah Cross River born Comfort Onyaya and three others – Ebenezar Wikina, Chimdi Chukwukere, Kehinde Adebiyi have emerged top 3 in the Stanford Open Data Project datathon. Policy Shapers took to LinkedIn to congratulate the top 3 winners who are members of its network and named them star boys and girl. The Stanford Open Data Project datathon had over 300 participants
By Edem Edem, Daily Post The Judicial Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) Cross River State branch has condemned the purchase of car to judges or judicial workers after appointment. Speaking with Daily Post, the Chairman of JASUN, Cross River State branch, Comrade Asanya Ebong decried such attitude of the Executive arm of Government, noting that
By Ushang Ewa At least five survived a ghastly vehicle accident on Sunday afternoon at the Murtala Mohammed highway by Ekpo Iso street in Calabar eyewitnesses say. The vehicle, a Toyota Sienna with registration number Abuja RBC96GU was traveling along the highway and attempted to make a right turn into Ekpo Iso street when it
By Patrick Obia and Rachel Idim As the life of the Cross River State Judicial Panel of Inquiry into Police Brutality and Restitutions winds down, cracks are beginning to emerge between members over what some say is poor remuneration. The panel last sat 43 days ago on March 4, 2021 when two petitions were struck
By Maxwell Effiong Former State lawmaker and Cross River’s Special Envoy to the Gulf of Guinea, John Gaul Lebo on Thursday, said that the State is recruiting English Language teachers and manufacturers of sachet water for neighboring Equatorial Guinea. Mr. Lebo who was the Speaker of the State’s 8th Assembly disclosed while speaking at the