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Breaking News , Cross River
January 1, 2024

Cross River Police Confirm Abduction Of Passengers In Ikom

953 The gunmen shot at their vehicle, injuring three, and took away an unspecified number. By Agency Reporter Cross River State Police Command has confirmed the abduction of some passengers around Nde 3 Corners, Akparabong Junction in Ikom Local Government Area of the state. The passengers, who were in transit, were said to have been […]

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Breaking News , Cross River , Governance
December 31, 2023

Cross River Government Warns Against Burning of Tyres On Roads

482 This caution has become expedient in the face of the danger the burning of tyres on streets poses to motorists and the durability of the roads. By Our Reporter The Cross River State Government wishes to warn residents against the burning of tyres on major roads in Calabar Metropolis. Mr. Emmanuel Ogbeche, Chief Press […]

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Breaking News , Governance , Rivers
December 31, 2023

JUST IN: Okrika Chairman Sacks All His Appointees, Wish Them Well

446 According to the statement, the affected appointees are directed to submit every Council property in their possession to the Secretary. By TheInvestigator The Executive Chairman of Okrika Local Government Council in Rivers State, Akuro Tobin has sacked all his political appointees. The sack which is with immediate effect was constrained in a statement by […]

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Breaking News , Governance , Rivers
December 31, 2023

BREAKING: Rivers Crisis Deepen As Speaker Loyal To Gov. Fubara Resigns, Quits As Lawmaker

484 The development came after President Bola Tinubu mediated between the Rivers Governor and his political godfather, Nyesom Wike, the FCT minister. By Francis Ngwu, Daily Post The ongoing crisis rocking the Rivers State House of Assembly took a new twist on Sunday as the factional speaker loyal to Governor Siminalayi Fubara, Rt. Hon. (Barr.) […]

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Breaking News , Climate Change , Cross River , Economy/Business , Governance
December 31, 2023

Cross River, Oando To Build Wind Power Generating Plant, Others

638 ‘’We are committed to translating these discussions, collaborations, and agreements into actionable steps that will positively impact our environment, economy, and the well-being of our citizens.’’ By Guardian Nigeria The Cross River State Government said it has taken the first concrete step towards the industrialization and economic growth of the state. The state signed […]

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Breaking News , Governance , Ondo
December 31, 2023

Akeredolu Was Weak In Matters Involving His Wife — Ex-Aide

510 Odebowale, along with the Commissioner for Infrastructure, Lands and Housing, Aminu Raimi, and the Special Assistant on Photography to the former governor, Olawale Abolade, resigned following the death of Akeredolu in Germany on Wednesday. By Adekunle Sulaimon, Punch Newspaper Doyin Odebowale, the former Senior Special Assistant on Special Duties and Strategy to late Ondo […]

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Breaking News , News
December 31, 2023

A Lady’s Experience As Member Of Shincheonji Church Of Jesus, A South Korean ‘Cult’ Targeting Nigerians, West Africans

1,529 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. 1 John 4:1. By Emmanuel Uti, FIJ Oluchukwu Azikiwe never thought about whether or not she was part of a cult until her newfound faith turned into an obsession that […]

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Breaking News , Cross River , Entertainment
December 30, 2023

Carnival Calabar Created Over 40,000 Direct Jobs Since Inception: Chairman

447 He said the commission inherited 5,000 direct employments within the creative industry but could now boast over 40,000 through the carnival. By News Agency of Nigeria Gabe Onah, the Carnival Calabar Commission chairman, said on Saturday that over 40,000 direct employments had been generated since the inception of the carnival in 2004. Mr. Onah […]

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Akwa Ibom , Breaking News , Governance
December 30, 2023

Agric Ministry Sets Aside N5bn To Rehabilitate Roads, Install Transformers In Akpabio’s District

624 However, the budget provisions to rehabilitate roads in only Akpabio’s senatorial district do not match the ministry’s mandate. By Daniel Ojukwu, FIJ The Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security is looking to spend N5 billion on rehabilitating roads and installing transformers and cables in Godswill Akpabio, the Senate President’s constituency. The Abubakar Kyari-led ministry budgeted N500 million […]

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Breaking News , Ondo
December 30, 2023

FULL LIST: All Past Ondo Governors Dead Except Mimiko

550 Their passing on re-echoes the words of English poet and playwright, Williams Shakespeare, who described the world as a stage where each person plays his part and leaves. By Alao Abiodun, The Nation Newspaper The death of former Ondo state governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, on December 27, 2023, has once again depleted the giant elites of […]

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Breaking News , Delta
December 30, 2023

Surveillance Contract Workers Protest Alleged Manipulation In Delta

414 The protesters alleged a non-indigenous contractor from OFAGBE Community OML 26 hijacked the contract. By Akpokona Omafuaire, Vanguard Newspaper INFIELD surveillance workers from OML30 cluster 5,6,8 and 9 area B, weekend staged a peaceful protest over the alleged manipulation of the infield covert surveillance contract. The workers in their numbers blocked the entrance of […]

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Breaking News , Delta
December 29, 2023

Don Lauds Delta Community Group For Tackling Illiteracy, Unemployment

477 Speaking at the ceremony, Aghalino maintained that an association like the IPA deserves commendation because “it has been able to garner and personify its challenges and how it can solve them.” By Dele Ogunyemi, Punch Newspaper A university don and President of the Historical Society of Nigeria, Professor Sam Aghalino, has lauded the Isoko Professionals […]

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Breaking News , Cross River
December 29, 2023

Joseph Wayas: Customs Forbid Burial Outside Our Community – Monarch

480 Meanwhile, there has been a lingering family feud between Wayas’ children. By Richard Ndoma, Leadership Newspaper Amid the controversy over the burial of former Senate President, Dr. Joseph Wayas, the paramount ruler of Obanlikwu community in Cross River State, His Royal Majesty, Dr. Uchua Amos Uyumulam, has said the community’s traditional rites forbid burial […]

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Breaking News , Investigation , Ondo
December 29, 2023

Contractor Abandons Building Of New Health Centre In Akure After Lawmaker’s Death

523 By Alaba Adeyemi, Development News Nigeria (DNN) In 2019, Adedayo Omolafe who was representing Akure South and North Federal constituency in the House of Representatives nominated a project for the construction of a Primary Healthcare Centre (PHC) in Omoniyi Estate. The project was part of the Zonal Intervention Projects for 2020 and was awarded […]

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Breaking News , Cross River , Governance
December 29, 2023

JUST IN: Gov Otu Signs N296bn Budget Into Law

427 The new budget bucket has a capital expenditure of N180 billion and a recurrent expenditure of N116 billion.  By The Converseer Governor Bassey Otu has signed the ‘Peoples First’ Budget of N296,985 631,978, 1k into law. The event, which happened on Friday in the temporary office of the Governor’s Office in Calabar, has the […]

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Bayelsa , Breaking News
December 29, 2023

Quinquagenarian Marries Four-Year-Old Girl, Rights Group Kicks

489 “The little ‘bride’ said if she were not allowed to marry her husband, she would have no other business in the Akeddei community,” said a source. By News Agency of Nigeria, NAN A child rights advocacy group, DO Foundation, on Thursday, kicked against the December 26 marriage between a four-year-old and a 54-year-old man […]

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Breaking News , Cross River , Entertainment
December 29, 2023

JUST IN: Calas Vegas Beat 6 Other Bands To Emerge Winner Of 2023 Carnival Calabar

914 Calas Vegas band managed by former Minister of Culture and Tourism, High Chief Edem Duke is one of the bands created last year alongside Diamond Band. By Sylvia Akpan And Mary Bassey, CrossRiverWatch Calas Vegas carnival band has emerged winner of the 2023 Carnival Calabar, beating favorite band – Passion 4 and five others. […]

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Breaking News , Fact-Check , News
December 28, 2023

How AI Shaped Misinformation Landscape In 2023 – Report

577 The report also highlighted a growing phenomenon of bad actors creating entire websites generated by AI and operating with little to no human oversight. By Nurudeen Akewushola, FactCheck Hub The rise of artificial intelligence in 2023 has transformed the misinformation landscape as it provided new tools for bad actors to create manipulative articles, images, […]

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Breaking News , Imo , News
December 28, 2023

Girlfriend Shoots Policeman To Death In Imo

486 Ugwu was shot dead on Tuesday by his 23-year-old lover, who was identified as Amanda Uchechi Ugo, a native of Ahiazu Mbaise Local Government Area of Imo State. By Dare Olawin, Punch Newspaper A policeman attached to the Imo State Police Command, Cosmas Ugwu, has been shot dead by his girlfriend. Ugwu was shot […]

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Breaking News , Governance , Health
December 28, 2023

NICRAT Partners NPHCDA On Integration Of Cancer In Primary Healthcare

617 By Ojoma Akor, Daily Trust The National Institute for Cancer Research and Treatment (NICRAT) has called on the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) to partner with it towards integrating cancer prevention and diagnosis at the primary healthcare level. The Director General of NICRAT, Prof. Usman Malami Aliyu, made the call when he […]

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Breaking News , Governance , News , Ondo
December 27, 2023

BREAKING: Ondo Governor Akeredolu Dies At 67

480 The former president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) died at about 2 a.m. on Wednesday at a German hospital where he was receiving treatment. By FIJ Rotimi Akeredolu, Ondo State governor, passed away in the early hours of Wednesday, aged 67. Ondo State sources told FIJ Akeredolu’s death was confirmed by senior government officials. […]

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Breaking News , Cross River , News
December 26, 2023

Police Arrest Kidnappers Of Car Dealer’s Wife In Calabar

656 Locally made pistols, ammunition, phones and other valuable items were recovered from them. By Frank Ulom, The Converseer Two persons have been arrested by the police in Cross River over the abduction of the wife of a car dealer, Mrs. Aliu in Calabar. CONVERSEER reports that Mrs. Aliu was kidnapped in October by the […]

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Breaking News , Cross River , News
December 26, 2023

Gunmen Kill Youth Leader, Abduct 4 Others In Cross River Speaker’s Village

359 Nde Three Corners has become notorious for kidnappings and other violent crimes in recent months.  By Richard Ndoma, Leadership Newspaper Tragedy struck the Nde Three Corners Community in Ikom, Cross River State on Christmas Day as gunmen killed a youth leader, Mr. Akpang Ayambem, and abducted four others. The incident occurred in the hometown […]

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Akwa Ibom , Breaking News , News
December 26, 2023

Tragic Fire Claims Lives Of Late PDP Chairman’s Wife, Sister In Akwa Ibom

479 The cause of the fire was not specified in the statement. By Ima Elijah, Pulse A devastating fire engulfed the residence of the late Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Akwa Ibom State, Obong Udo Ekpenyong, situated in Ukanafun Local Government Area. The inferno not only consumed the property but also claimed […]

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Breaking News , Cross River
December 25, 2023

NDLEA Seizes 2.05 Tons Of Hard Drugs, Arrests 223 Suspects In Cross River

485 The State Commander, Rachel Umebuali, disclosed this in an interview in Calabar on Monday. By News Agency of Nigeria  National Drug Law Enforcement Agency command in Cross River, says a total of 2.05 tons of hard drugs were seized from drugs peddlers between January and December in the state. The State Commander, Rachel Umebuali, […]

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Breaking News , Education
December 25, 2023

UNICAL Promotes 18 Academic Staff To Professional Cadre

772 Prof. Florence Banku Obi disclosed this at the 238th Senate of the institution.  By George Odok The Senate of the University of Calabar has announced the promotion of 18 staff of the institution to the positions of Professors and Associate Professors respectively. The Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar, Prof. Florence Banku Obi, […]

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Breaking News , Investigation
December 24, 2023

Ondo Agency And FG At Loggerhead While Miner Operating With Child Labour Goes Unchecked

643 This report by Development News Nigeria, Alaba Adeyemi of DNN looks into the activities of an illegal Quarry at Ijigba, Ondo state operating in contravention of the 2007 Nigerian Mineral and Mining Act. At the twilight of Olusegun Mimiko’s administration as the governor of Ondo state, projects that stood out as bringing succor to […]

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Breaking News , Investigation
December 19, 2023

Investigation: Uncertainties Over Execution Of IFAD Projects In Jigawa, Yobe Despite Release Of Funds

536 By Elijah Akoji, SolaceBase Lack of access roads and warehouses for storage of grains for rural farmers were the key reasons for the multi-billion naira Climate Change Adaptation and Agribusiness Support Program initiative by the Federal Government in 2013. The project was funded by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). 13 years later, SOLACEBASE investigation […]

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Breaking News , Investigation
December 18, 2023

Dust And Blood: How The Abandoned Yala-Ogoja-Bekwarra-Obudu Road Is Destroying Lives Despite Over N20 Billion Releases

1,344 By Ogar Monday, CrossRiverWatch When Beatrice Ochuole kissed her husband goodbye on the morning of the 12th of June, 2018, she didn’t expect that she would return to his lifeless body that evening. “We had spent most of the night talking about getting our daughter into school. He was worried about her, and in […]

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Breaking News , Governance , Ondo
December 17, 2023

Ondo Acting Governor, Aiyedatiwa Suspends Akeredolu’s Chief Protocol Officer, Announces Replacement

427 By SaharaReporters Lucky Aiyedatiwa, the Ondo State acting Governor, has suspended the Chief of Protocol to Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, Bola Alabi, and replaced him with the Deputy Chief of Staff, Olusegun Omojuwa. The state government said Alabi would return to his duty post when the governor returned from a medical vacation in Germany. This […]

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