By CrossRiverWatch Admin As of 30 May, over 58,726 people have been tested, out which 9,302 tested positive with 35 States and the Federal capital Territory (FCT) having reported at least one confirmed case. Kogi State became the last but one State to record infections. The NCDC reported two cases during this reporting period leaving
By Bolaji Ogundele, The Nation Newspaper The Federal Government has pushed the battle to contain Coronavirus to States and communities, Chairman of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on the pandemic, Mr. Boss Mustapha, said on Sunday. According to him, the Federal Government will henceforth only provide supervision and coordination. Mustapha, the Secretary to the Government of
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
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The recent poverty index report from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) shows that about 82.9 million Nigerians live in extreme poverty. This figure represents 40.1 per cent of the nation’s total population estimated at about 200 million. This is contained in its “2019 Poverty and Inequality” report using the Nigerian Living
By Archibong Jeremiah The Cross River State chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) crisis has taken a sharp turn, the chapter Chairman, Edim Inok has been suspended by his ward executive committee members (ward 3, Calabar Municipality). According to his ward exco, “We discovered with shame and dismay the conduct of our member from the
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The 36 State Governors in Nigeria have recommended a national lockdown over the next two weeks to further curb the spread of Coronavirus. According to Sahara Reporters the decision was reached at a meeting of the Governors on Wednesday. Chairman of the forum, Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State, in a statement said
By George Odok As part of measures to contain the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic in Nigeria, the Nigeria Immigration Service in Cross River State has arrested 9 Cameroonians for illegal entry into Cross River through the Mfum border in Entung Local Government Area of the State and at the Ikang border post in Bakassi.
By CrossRiverWatch Admin None of Nigeria’s 36 States could fully fund their 2019 budget with funds they received from both the federation account and internally generated revenues. In most cases, the funds couldn’t pay up to 50 per cent of their expenditures, writes Chineme Okafor and published by This Day Newspaper. A new quarterly report