By Ushang Ewa Four days after departing Ostravia Mosnov, Czechia for Nigeria, a Boeing 737 – 36Q (WL) with Registration Number: 5N – BYQ and Serial number: 30334/3120 and registered to CallyAir has been hosed down at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos State. The jet is one of two ordered by the State
By Jonathan Ugbal A Mobile Court in Lagos state has discharged and acquitted 19 members of the RevolutionNow movement arrested earlier today by men of the Nigerian Police Force. Journalist and rights activist, Agba Jalingo facing trial for alleged acts of treasonable felony due to an article he wrote in July 2019, was among the
By Jonathan Ugbal CrossRiverWatch publisher, Agba Jalingo and 18 others participating in the #RevolutionNow protest in Ikeja, Lagos have been arrested by men of the Nigerian Police Force. Witnesses say they were protesting at Ikeja under bridge in Lagos when the Police swooped in and effected a mass arrest after firing teargas canisters. The #RevolutionNow
By Archibong Jeremiah Ibom Air, an aviation company owned by the Akwa Ibom State Government has announced the addition of Calabar as it’s newest destination. According to a statement via its Facebook page, the company revealed that “beginning from Monday the 20th of July 2020, Ibom Air will fly from Lagos and Abuja to and
By Jonathan Ugbal Residents of Ugep community in Yakurr local government area of central Cross River are currently gripped with fear after a female youth corper who recently returned from Abuja is said to have been rushed to Calabar, the state capital to be tested for COVID-19. The youth corper, a native of Ugep is
By Jonathan Ugbal Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has said that given the circumstances surrounding the youths in Nigeria, he feels a sense of frustration especially due to the high unemployment rate. Mr. Ayade stated this Saturday night in Lagos at the Independence Newspaper’s annual award after he was presented with the award Governor
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Over two months after the Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit issued a directive barring State Governments from tampering with Local Government funds, Mudiaga AfeA of Punch Newspapers reports that many Governors have yet to comply. When on May 6, 2019, the Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit issued the “Guidelines to reduce vulnerabilities created by
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Four States of the Federation: Lagos, Edo, Kaduna and Cross River dominate the list of sub-national governments indebted to foreign bodies, statistics obtained from the Debt Management Office, has shown. Analysis of the DMO data show that the four states have combined foreign debt of $2.12bn, out of the $4.23bn owed by