By Emmanuel Addeh, This Day Newspaper Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) yesterday put the amount the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) shared among the Federal, State, Local Government Areas and other statutory recipients in the first half of 2020 at N3.879 trillion. A breakdown of the disbursements, according to a statement signed by the
By Archibong Jeremiah NMA suspends strike Outcome of dialogue yet unknown Pictures have emerged of the 17-man team from the Federal Ministry of Health led by the Executive Director of the NPHCDA, Dr. Faisal Shuaib in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. The team was given the mandate to engage with Cross River State Government
By Archibong Jeremiah No plan to transport positive samples from one State to the other – NCDC “The statements by the Cross River State Commissioners of Information and Orientation and Health are a misinterpretation of the Federal Ministry of Health’s COVID-19 testing strategy and efforts to protect the health of Nigerians from this disease.” The
By Archibong Jeremiah Again, the Cross River State Government has accused Federal Government of plotting to smuggle COVID-19 Positive samples into the State. The accusation was made this time by the State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Mr. Asu Okang in an address. Watch video below on CrossRiverWatch TV.
By Jonathan Ugbal Martin Obono, a lawyer and rights activist in Nigeria who was arrested on Friday by the Police in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city after he tweeted about the force’s handling of a rape case has been released. Obono was released after a few hours in detention at the Zone 7 command of the
By Jonathan Ugbal The federal government on Monday commenced the rehabilitation of the 73 kilometers Odukpani junction – Akpet 1 section of the Calabar – Ikom – Ogoja – Katsina-Ala highway. The road was constructed in 1975 and 43 years after, the federal executive council on November 14, 2018 approved the award of contract of
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Justice Inyang Ekwo has granted an order of interim injunction restraining President Buhari and the AGF from removing the CJN from office pending the hearing and determination of the suit filed by Action Peoples Party. The Justice made the ruling at a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Monday, January 21. The
By Archibong Jeremiah The National Industrial Court in Abuja has dismissed the suit filed by a former spokesperson of the Department Of State Services (DSS), Marilyn Ogar, over her retirement from office in September 2015. According to TVC News, delivering judgment in the suit , the court held that the summons filed by Marilyn Ogar