By Archibong Jeremiah Some retired Police Officers have protested poor renumeration after service, raised alarm of corruption in the pension and housing scheme. The aggreaved retirees didn’t just protest, but threatened to move out of the pension scheme they called fraudulent, did so this morning (Wednesday) at the Cross River State Police Command Headquarters, Daimond
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The hundreds of millions of dollars (US) multinational energy companies pay every year towards development in the Niger Delta are having negligible impact on people’s lives or environmental protection, a new study co-authored by civil society organizations Policy Alert (Nigeria), Publish What You Pay (PWYP) UK, has found. The report, “What’s in It for Us?” is
It is preposterous to hold these views, impiously, about the current realities in the University of Calabar. There shall be travesty of justice, if they are perceived allegations of financial misconducts and those improprieties are not looked into. This will not be the first time that investigations are carried out with the intention to ascertain
By Jonathan Ugbal The former Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on prosecution, Chief Okoi Obono-Obla has broken silence on allegations that he had a hand in the removal of his kinsman, Justice Walter Onnoghen as the Chief Justice of Nigeria. Obono-Obla, a lawyer hails from Ugep in Yakurr Local Government Area while Justice Onnoghen
By Edem Edem, Daily Post No one is above the law The Head of Chamber, Mba Ukweni and Associates, Barrister Mba Ukweni SAN, has said that the suspension of Ibrahim Magu, as Acting Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), was long overdue. Speaking on Tuesday night with this reporter, Ukweni said nobody is
By Patrick Obia A lecturer in the Department of Mass Communication, University of Calabar, Mr. Inyali Peter has accused the Federal Government of Nigeria of stealing more than what was added as minimum wage from lecturers salaries through the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System, IPPIS. The journalist who is also an aid to Ben
This is an Editorial by Punch Editorial Board. Faced with a depressed economy and the grim reality of an inevitable decline in revenues, this is not the time for knee-jerk decisions or cosmetic measures by State Governors wishing to shore up their fast crumbling financial bases. In converse, there can be no better time for serious-minded
This plan is spear headed by a Special Adviser Budget, who was announced to have been sacked by Governor Ayade last year allegedly for leaking official information, but still performing his official duties. Recent deductions from the LGA accounts which have raised a lot of questions include the COVID 19 Support Fund which the House