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December 29, 2023

JUST IN: Gov Otu Signs N296bn Budget Into Law

323 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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December 28, 2023

NICRAT Partners NPHCDA On Integration Of Cancer In Primary Healthcare

428 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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December 27, 2023

BREAKING: Ondo Governor Akeredolu Dies At 67

293 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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December 17, 2023

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

316 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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December 16, 2023

27 Rivers Lawmakers Can Meet Anywhere Outside Assembly Complex – APC

366 By Adebayo Folorunsho-Francis, Punch Newspaper The Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress said the embattled 27 members of the House of Assembly do not need the demolished House of Assembly complex or a physical structure to carry out their duties. This was disclosed when the state caretaker committee led a delegation to the […]

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December 16, 2023

Rivers Crisis: Seven Commissioners Resign From Fubara’s Cabinet

252 By Emmanuel Egobiambu, Channels TV The Rivers State Commissioner of Transportation, Dr. Jacobson B. Nbina, State Commissioner for Education, Prof. Prince Chinedu, as well as the State Commissioner for Housing, Gift Worlu (Ph.D.) are the latest to join the list of commissioners to tender their resignation letters, exiting the Governor Siminalayi Fubara’s led administration. “I […]

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December 13, 2023

Why We Demolished Assembly Complex – Rivers Gov’t

359 By Davies Iheamnachor, Vanguard Newspaper The Rivers State Government has explained that its decision to demolish and rebuild the Rivers State House of Assembly Complex was based on advice from experts. The government noted that the experts noted that the integrity of the structure has been lost due to the structural defects that arose […]

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December 12, 2023

27 Rivers Lawmakers Explain Defection From PDP To APC

557 By AIT The political situation in Rivers State is getting tense. Recently, 27 lawmakers of the State House of Assembly defected from the ruling PDP to APC. Here is their reasons for defecting.  

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December 3, 2023

Insecurity: Akwa Ibom Hires 500 For Community Policing

276 By Iniobong Ekponta, Leadership Newspaper Towards curbing the growing insecurity bothering on kidnapping, armed robbery, rape, extra–judicial killings, and other violent crimes in Akwa Ibom State, the administration of Governor Umo Eno has turned to private security agents to complement the regular police in the task of effectively policing the state. Towards this end, […]

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December 2, 2023

Homecoming: Cross River Deputy Governor Capped Lekwel E’Mbe 1

344 By TheInvestigator Cross River State deputy governor, Rt. Hon. Peter Odey has been capped Lekwel E’Mbe 1. The chieftaincy title was given to him by the Paramount Ruler of Ogoja, HRM, Oti Mathias Odey Abua. The title was presented during the homecoming ceremony organized to officially welcome the deputy governor home after the general […]

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December 2, 2023

What To Know About New CBN Directives On BVN, NIN

424 By Joseph Adeiye, FIJ The Payments System Management Department of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) issued a circular to all commercial banks in Nigeria on Friday. That circular spelt out amendments to Section 1.5.3 of the Regulatory Framework for Bank Verification Number (BVN) Operations and Watchlist for the Nigerian banking industry. Banks and […]

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November 30, 2023

Restoring Local Governance: Why Prince Otu Should Conduct Local Government Elections BY OGAR EMMANUEL

746 As the incumbent administration of Sen. Prince Bassey Otu reaches its seventh month in office, a noticeable void in governance persists with the absence of local government chairmen. This vacuum has widened the gap between the state administration and rural communities with a void in effective governance at the grassroots level. To say the […]

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November 29, 2023

Six Months After Commissioning, Gov. Ayade’s Spaghetti Flyover, Dual Carriageway Begins To Fail 

742 By Archibong Jeremiah  Barely 48 hours before leaving office, the Cross River State governor, Sen. Benedict Ayade, commissioned the 10.8km Tinapa junction to Odukpani junction dual carriageway and the spaghetti flyover at Odukpani junction. The flyover is expected to address the perennial gridlock experienced by motorists and commuters on the ever-busy Odukpani junction. The […]

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November 25, 2023

Senate Summons 15 Companies Over NGEP Intervention Fund Disbursement

319 By Godwin Otang, CrossRiverWatch The Nigerian Senate through its Committee on Gas, has summoned 15 companies operating in Nigeria for an investigative hearing over the Nigeria Gas Expansion Program (NGEP) intervention fund disbursement. Chairman of the Committee who is the Senator representing Cross River Northern Senatorial District, Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe, mandated the affected companies […]

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November 16, 2023

Yes, It Is Over 170+ Days Of Solemn Leadership By Governor Otu BY EMMANUEL OGBECHE

521 Words are powerful but can be lost when used arbitrarily and out of context. For those given to trifle and populism, it is easy to use certain words out of season in the hope to titillate a tiny segment of their naysayers’ horde. It is pertinent, to begin with the simplest aspect of the […]

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November 16, 2023

LP Welcomes Atiku’s Merger Proposal, NNPP Gives Condition

555 By Abdulrahman Zakariyau and El-ameen Ibrahim, The Punch Newspaper The Labour Party has described the 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar’s merger proposal as a good proposal that should be considered. But the New Nigeria People’s Party said it could only accept the proposal if Atiku would support a former […]

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November 16, 2023

UN Agency Promises 2024 Intervention Funds To Support Humanitarian Trust Fund

188 By Our Reporter The Federal Government has reiterated the need for all development partners, including the United Nations agencies providing humanitarian services in Nigeria to be properly coordinated by the government and to make decisions during planning for 2024 based on priorities of the Government. According to the Federal Government, the era of duplicating […]

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November 16, 2023

Stop Campaign Of Falsehood, Veiled Threats Against Us – Policy Alert Warns Governor Umo Eno’s Aide

263 By Ekemini Simon Policy Alert, a Civil Society Organisation working on fiscal and ecological justice in the Niger Delta has called on the aides to Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State to stop what it described as a campaign of falsehood and veiled threats against its organisation. It could be recalled that following […]

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November 15, 2023

BREAKING: NLC, TUC Suspends Strike, Direct Workers To Resume Work Tomorrow

597 By Archibong Jeremiah Arising from the just concluded joint National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of NLC and TUC, the nation-wide strike has been suspended.  The NEC meeting was to give consideration to the plea of Federal Government at a meeting held today at the office of the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, the meeting […]

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November 14, 2023

Nigeria Central Bank Says Old N200, N500, N1,000 Notes Will Remain Legal Tender ‘Forever’

326 By SaharaReporters The Central Bank of Nigeria has said there is no deadline for the recognition of old naira notes as legal tender in the country. In March, the apex bank under the leadership of its then-Governor, Godwin Emefiele said the old N200, N500, and N1,000 bank notes would remain legal tender till December […]

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November 11, 2023

FG Approves Funding For 260 Road Projects

310 By Kelechi Ekeledo, AIT The Federal Government has approved funding for 260 roads, designated as palliative projects across the country. This announcement came during a joint inspection carried out by the Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, and Enugu State Governor, Peter Mbah, at the site of a collapsed bridge in the State capital, at […]

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November 8, 2023

President Tinubu Appoints Orok Duke As Member Of NDDC Governing Board

250 By Archibong Jeremiah Rt. Hon. Orok Duke has been appointed member of the Governing Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission. A letter from Sen. George Akume, Secretary to the Federation dated 27 October, 2023 conveyed the appointment. It reads in part “I am pleased to inform you that His Excellency Bola Ahmed Tinubu, […]

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November 5, 2023

Appeal Court Throws Out Ex-Governor Ayade’s Case, Affirms Jarigbe As Winner Of Cross River Senatorial Election

377 By SaharaReporters The court also awarded N500,000 against the former governor in favour of the incumbent senator. The Appeal Court sitting in Lagos State has affirmed Jarigbe Jarigbe of the Peoples Democratic Party as the winner of the Cross River North Senatorial District election. The court, on Saturday, dismissed the petition by former governor […]

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November 4, 2023

Policy Alert Chides Cross River Government Over Disbursements To Office Of CoS, Neglect Of Key Sectors

524 By Ekemini Simon The Governor of Cross River State, Senator Bassey Otu, has received knocks from Policy Alert, a civil society organization, for prioritizing the Office of his Chief of Staff over the entire social sectors in the state’s budget implementation during the third quarter of 2023. In a statement signed by its Program […]

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November 2, 2023

Curb Inherited Appetite For Loans – Policy Alert Tells Governor Eno

291 By Ekemini Simon Policy Alert, a Civil Society Organisation that promotes fiscal and ecological justice in the Niger Delta, has identified red flags in the public finance management approach of the five month-old administration of Governor Umo Eno of of Akwa Ibom State. In a statement signed by its Programme Officer, Fiscal Reforms and […]

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November 1, 2023

Rivers: Wike Demanded 25% Of Allocations, N2b From Palliative Money – Activist Alleges

352 By Ochogwu Sunday, Daily Post A lawyer, activist and Pan-Africanist, Chetam Thierry Nwala has alleged that the political unrest in Rivers State followed unfulfillable demands by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike. The activist, who spoke on Arise Television on Tuesday, alleged that the refusal of Governor Siminalayi Fubara to […]

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October 31, 2023

Rivers Crisis: PDP Govs Meet, Welcome Tinubu’s Intervention

283 By Emmanuel Egobiambu, Channels TV The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum has welcomed the intervention of President Bola Tinubu into the Rivers State crisis, calling on all parties to sheathe their sword. This was contained in a communique issued by the governors on Tuesday evening after they met at the Oyo State Governor’s Lodge […]

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October 31, 2023

Cross River Education Commissioner, Suspends Two School Principals Over Illegal Levies Collection

752 By Agency Reporter Senator Stephen Odey, Cross River State Commissioner for Education paid an unscheduled visit to Government Secondary School State Housing Estate Calabar Municipality, and West African People’s Institute (WAPI) Calabar. The visit was due to the incessant complaints from parents and guardians about the schools’ illegal levies collection. The Commissioner discovered upon […]

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October 30, 2023

Cross River Governor Suspends SEMA DG

3,081 By TheInvestigator The Governor of Cross River State, Senator Bassey Edet Otu has ordered the immediate suspension of the Director General of the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), Chief Angela Ogeyi Odey. The directive was conveyed through a press release Monday morning with reference number GO/PRESS/012/VOL.II 261 and signed by the Chief Press Secretary […]

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October 25, 2023

Cross River Writes Off Ex-Olympian Ironbar’s N2m Medical Bill, Appoints Him Coach

512 By Asare Asare, Daily Post The Cross River State Government says it has expended over N2 million to medically rehabilitate ex-Olympian, Etim Ironbar, two months after taking him away from Lagos streets, where he was squatting and doing menial tasks to survive. Commissioner for Sports Development, Agnes Atsu confirmed the development in her office. […]

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