By George Odok, News Agency of Nigeria Listen TO The Report Chairman of APC in Cross River State, Barr. Alphonsus Ogar Eba has inaugurated the ad hoc committee to prune the number of governorship aspirants from 16 to 4. The Committee is expected to recommend four aspirants, two from the Central and two from the
By Kehinde Ogunyale Listen To The Report “With a N20,000 bribe, an external buyer can influence the youth in host communities in Cross River State, to cut down trees from the forest illegally.” Traveling into the Cross River forest as a researcher – let alone a reporter – to investigate the increasing impact of deforestation
By Kunle Daramola, The Cable Listen To The Report The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) says President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the reopening of four more land borders. The borders are Idiroko in Ogun, Jibiya in Katsina, Kamba in Kebbi and Ikom in Cross River. In August 2019, Nigeria closed its land borders over the proliferation
By Adelani Adepegba, Punch Newspaper Listen To The Report Almost four years after the National Minimum Wage Act was signed into law, the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has said workers in Cross River, Taraba, and Zamfara States have not been paid the new salary structure. The NLC lamented the situation, saying all workers deserve decent
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri, Vanguard News Nigeria This is certainly not the best of times for Governor, Engr. David Umahi of Ebonyi State and his Deputy, Dr. Eric Igwe. The duo was last Tuesday, sacked from their respective offices by a Federal High Court in Abuja, following their defection from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Cross River State Deputy Governor, Prof. Ivara Esu has visited the Alesi and Ochon, the recent warring communities in Cross River State. Casualties have been recorded in the communal crisis which began yesterday between the brother villages, Alesi in Ikom and Ochon in Obubra LGAs, both in central Cross River State.
By Seun Opejobi, Daily Post The Leader Of Inri Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, on Thursday, identified some politicians who can’t succeed in their aspirations to become Governors in their respective States in 2023. In a statement signed by his media aide, Osho Oluwatosin, Primate Ayodele said some aspirants in Delta, Ebonyi, and Cross River
By Egufe Yafugborhi, Vanguard Newspaper In furtherance of his demand for accountability on Rivers State assets sold under the preceding administration, Governor Nyesom Wike, on Tuesday, challenged his predecessor and Minister of Transportation, Hon. Rotimi Amaechi, to account for proceeds of the Dash 8 Propeller aircraft sold to Cross River State. Wike, while briefing political