By Patrick Obia Connected Development (CODE), a Pan-Africa non-profit-making organization with a mission to empower grassroots communities in Africa with information and hold government accountable, has ended its one-day citizens-led campaign on social accountability, and implementation workshop in Calabar, Cross River State. The workshop which is phase 2 of “The Power of Voices Partnership (PVP)”
By Nsa Gill, The Nation Newspaper The Local Organising Committee (LOC) for the campaign visit of the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to Calabar, the Cross River State, has announced that all is set to host him in a town hall meeting with stakeholders in the South-South
By Bassey Aniekan, The Will The All Progressives Congress has held its South-South zonal women’s rally, in support of its Presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. The rally, which was held at the Main Bowl of the UJ Esuene Stadium, attracted several dignitaries. In her speech, Beta Edu, the
By Richard Ndoma, Leadership Newspaper Chairman of the Fiscal Responsibility Commission, Mr. Victor Muruako has disclosed that domestic debt owed by six States in the South-South geo-political zone of Nigeria has reached N988.06 billion while the zone’s foreign debt stood at $873.3 million. The figure, according to the FRC Chairman, is the debt profile for
By Archibong Jeremiah Journalists and Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in the South-South geopolitical zone have been trained and tasked with conflict-sensitive reporting, 2023 general elections, and countering fake news. The over 35 participants were charged at a 2-day workshop in Port Harcourt organized by the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) in partnership with the
By Omobola Tolu-Kusimo, The Nation Newspaper Edo Leads Civil servants in Akwa Ibom, Cross River, and Bayelsa States may not retire well due to the non-implementation and compliance of pension laws by their governors. But civil servants of Edo, Delta, and Rivers States have a lot to benefit from upon retirement as their State Governors
By Leke Baiyewu, Punch Newspaper The House of Representatives, on Wednesday, passed a bill for its third reading to create a South-South Development Commission despite the existence of the Niger Delta Development Commission. The House had earlier on Tuesday considered and adopted the report by the Committee on Justice on the bill. The legislation is titled,
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Members of the House of Representatives from the Niger Delta region are currently spoiling for war with the leadership of the National Assembly over the reduction of host community funds from 5% to 3% in the harmonised version of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) SaharaReporters learnt that it has been a rowdy