By Idris Kamal Ibrahim, WikiTimes In 2019, the federal government, through the Federal Ministry of Employment, Labour, and Productivity, released about N20.8 million for the construction of a skills acquisition center bungalow in Gamawa, Bauchi State. Data obtained from Open Treasury Portal, an open contracting site of the Federal Government of Nigeria, indicates that G-Men
By Patrick Obia In Cross River State’s 2019 budget, over N145 million was earmarked for new classrooms at PCN Primary School Ikot Ishie in Calabar Municipality while more than 7 million was budgeted for a motorised borehole in the school under the model school project of the State. The contracts were eventually awarded through the
By Jonathan Ugbal A Federal High Court sitting in Calabar and presided over by Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu has discharged the former bursar of t he University of Calabar, Peter Agi over alleged acts of corruption. Agi, was discharged on Thursday after the prosecution filed a letter from the University of Calabar which said they were
By Archibong Jeremiah Ahead of planned peaceful protest, the Cross River State Police Command has invited leaders aggrieved interns of the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH) for dialogue. The UCTH interns are currently preparing to exercise their fundamental rights to press home their demand to the management of the hospital who sacked them for
By Tayo Olu, The Whistler September 26 was an unusual day for a nursing mother (names withheld) who left her baby at home and hurried to submit an application for a prepaid meter at the office of the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) in Kagini, a suburb of the Federal Capital Territory. She needed a prepaid
By Archibong Jeremiah A Cross River Magistrate forcefully seized, impounded and sold a car belonging to a defendant’s friend in order to recover money owed by the defendant. The defendant in the case with suit No. IKM/RTM/12/2019, Mr. Loveday Eke had driven his friend’s car to the courthouse on May 10, 2019 when his friend’s
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