By Ben Aroh, The Whistler Farmers in Mpu and Okpanku communities in Aninri Local Government Area of Enugu State are endangered by the ravages of an abandoned dam on the Ivo River. It was a project facilitated by former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, and was started in 2012 but never completed. The Ivo River
By Victory Anty, Favour William And Glory Odey The Federal Government of Nigeria says from September 1’st 2024, prices of Passports will increase. The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) said this in a press release signed and issued by its Public Relations Officer, DCI KT Udo in Abuja. NIS said the move is as part of
By Sylvia Akpan, Government House Correspondent Cross River State Governor, Sen. Bassey Otu has pledged to support the Federal Government housing initiative being implemented nationwide, including Cross River State. Governor Otu, through his Chief Press Secretary, Nsa Gill during a meeting with the management team of the Federal Housing Authority, led by the Managing Director/Chief
By Godwin Otang Ecology-focused Civil Society Organizations have raised an alarm over the presence of licensed miners inside the Cross River State National Park, describing it as illegal. In a press conference on Monday organized by We The People and Development Concern in Calabar, they emphasized the need for the federal government to rethink its
By Godwin Otang Biase Secondary School, Ehom Biase, in Cross River State, will be one of the schools to benefit from the deployment of a Digital Economy Centre (DEC) by the Federal Government. The project is an initiative by the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), under the supervision of the Federal Ministry of Communication
By Toba Agboola, The Nation The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has warned the Federal Government that it will resist its plan to criminalize peaceful protests. Its President, Joe Ajaero, in an Easter message, charged Nigerians to protest within the ambit of the law when they feel short-changed. “We shall resist any attempt to criminalize our
By Muawiya Shuaibu, Daily Trust Newspaper The National Coordinator, Congress of Nigerian Universities Academics (CONUA), Niyi Sunmonu has said that the members of the newly registered union are not on strike and will teach students if they are back to class. The federal government had on Tuesday formally registered two new university unions, the CONUA and
The Ifako Okoyong community, like several others in Cross River State, is littered with water scheme projects but the people are unable to access potable water for years.. Kehinde Ogunyale reports. Mary Ekpang goes through frustration in search of water every day. She treks several kilometers to a local stream for drinking and cooking water. She relies