Homecoming: Cross River Deputy Governor Capped Lekwel E’Mbe 1
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,…
What To Know About New CBN Directives On BVN, NIN
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…
‘Left Without Aid’: Lack Of Assistive Teaching, Learning Materials Is Making Life Unbearable For Students Living With Disabilities In UNILORIN
By Yemi Sodeeq, TheInformant247 From ‘hostile’ lecture rooms to dysfunctional teaching and learning systems, belied the struggle of meeting up with academic standards and aspirations by students living with disabilities…
Investigation: Contractor Denies Getting N60m Contract Refugee Commission Purportedly Awarded
By Elijah Akoji, SolaceBase SOLACEBASE in this investigation uncovers how the National Commission for Refugees awarded a N60 million contract to an oil and gas company to supply tricycles and grinding…
JUST IN: NAF Helicopter Crashes In Port Harcourt
By Ihotu Odoh, AIT A Nigerian Air Force MI-35P helicopter has crashed in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, South-South Nigeria with all five crew members surviving the incident. The unfortunate crash…
Why Nigerian Universities Can’t Be Autonomous – UNICAL VC
By News Agency of Nigeria, NAN The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Calabar (UNICAL), Prof. Florence Obi, has said Nigerian universities cannot be financially autonomous, so long as they are…
Restoring Local Governance: Why Prince Otu Should Conduct Local Government Elections BY OGAR EMMANUEL
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…
Six Months After Commissioning, Gov. Ayade’s Spaghetti Flyover, Dual Carriageway Begins To Fail
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…
Orange Fellowship Graduates 20 In 2023 Cohort
By Kelvin Obambon, The Paradise The Orange Fellowship, an offshoot of Hit FM’s Orange Show, has produced 20 graduates in the 2023 cohort. The all-female fellowship that started in 2020…
Calabar Animation Festival To Train 1000 Youth, Unveils N1 Million Star Prize
By Admin In an unprecedented initiative to nurture talent and empower the youth, the highly-anticipated Airfesters Animation Festival, Africa's biggest convergence of animators, creators, and innovators, is gearing up for…
Enugu Development Centres In Crisis As Rodents, Reptiles Take Over Offices
By Ben Aroh, TheWhistler Enugu State has 68 development centres spread across the 17 local government areas of the state. Most of these centres have become comatose despite having salary-earning…
Police Arrest Former Cross River Guber Candidate Over N607m Patricia Cyber Attack
By Busola Aro, TheCable The Nigerian Police Force (NPF) says it arrested Wilfred Bonse, former Cross River governorship candidate, in connection to the security breach and financial fraud suffered by…
Cross River Recorded 586 Cases Of Gender-Based Violence In 10 Months – Commissioner
By News Agency of Nigeria, NAN Cross River recorded 586 cases of gender-based violence (GBV) between January and October, the Commissioner for Women Affairs, Edema Irom, said in Calabar on…
Six Years After Commencement, N150 Million Akure Civic Centre Project Remains Uncompleted
By Alaba Adeyemi, DNN On the 27th of June 2017, Ondo State governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu laid the foundation stone of the Akure Civic Centre project. The project was facilitated by the Member…
Senate Summons 15 Companies Over NGEP Intervention Fund Disbursement
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)…
Special Report: In Kwara, N6bn Failed Streetlight Project Worsens Insecurity, Cripples Businesses
By Yemi Sodeeq, TheInformant24/7 It was exactly 10:13 p.m. on the night of Wednesday, September 20. Lukman Raji, a resident of Ile Mofalakun at Ita Amodu junction, along Ibrahim Taiwo…
Inside Taraba Schools Where Lack of Toilets, Clean Water is Exposing Students, Teachers to Health Risks
By Aminu Adamu, WikkiTimes In Taraba State, a mind-blowing crisis unfolds within the walls of schools like Mallam Audu Primary School, where pupils like Salma Yusuf are compelled to embark…
CSDEVNET Holds Workshop, Seeks Climate Justice On Sustaining Grassroot Movement For Climate Action
By Sylvia Akpan Climate and Sustainable Development Network, CSDEVNET, led by Ugah Godwin Unimke, South-South Coordinator in commemoration of 2023 Climate Change Week, 20th November, 2023, organized a workshop to…
C-ISOWN Holds Annual Workshop On Professionalism, Charges Members To Maintain Professional Counsel Standard
By Sylvia Akpan The Chartered Institute of Social Work Practitioners, CI-SOWN, Cross River State Chapter held their annual state workshop and charged members to maintain professional standards. The workshop held…
WAEC Awards Pinn Margaret Secondary School Nigerian Best Public School In Sciences
By TheInvestigator The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has awarded Pinn Margaret Secondary Commercial School, Calabar as the best Public Secondary School in the Sciences (Biology, Chemistry and Physics) in…
Celebrating Excellence: Dr. Raphael Ayama Offiong’s Remarkable Journey to Full Professorship BY OGAR EMMANUEL
In the hallowed halls of the University of Calabar, a brilliant young scholar has risen to the ranks of a full-fledged Professor of Biogeography in the Faculty of Geography. Dr.…
BREAKING: HRH Chief Felix Abanbeshie Okudare Emerges New Paramount Ruler Of Obudu LGA
By TheInvestigator HRH Chief Felix Abanbeshie Okudare has emerged new Paramount Ruler of Obudu LGA. In a video shared by Agba Jalingo, the new King of Obudu could be seen…
INVESTIGATION: How Cross River Government Awarded Questionable Contracts And Paid For Unfinished Projects
By Sylvia Akpan, CrossRiverWatch In a striking case of financial impropriety, the Cross River State Government’s dealings with a contractor have been exposed, revealing instances of overpayment for both rescinded…
Late Calabar South Chairman Son, George Bassey Admitted Into Nigerian Seafarers Development Program
By TheInvestigator Son of late Hon. Esther Bassey, former Calabar South Chairman, George Archibong Bassey has been admitted into the Nigerian Seafarers Development Program, a 4-year foreign University scholarship program.…
Nigerian Inspector-General Orders Police Officers To Tender Retirement Letters After Exceeding Statutory Age, Service
By SaharaReporters The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has ordered police formations and commands to extract a letter of retirement from police officers who are due for retirement but have…
WHO Donates Lab Commodities, Others To Cross River Government
By Blueprint Newspaper The World Health Organisation (WHO) has donated laboratory commodities, surveillance and data tools to Cross River State Government to strengthen surveillance systems, improve routine immunisation and other…
Cross River NYCN Registers Muti-Purpose Cooperative Society For Chapters
By Archibong Jeremiah The Cross River State chapter of National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) has registered Muti-Purpose Cooperative Society for it's 18 local government chapters. It was in a…
Yes, It Is Over 170+ Days Of Solemn Leadership By Governor Otu BY EMMANUEL OGBECHE
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…
LP Welcomes Atiku’s Merger Proposal, NNPP Gives Condition
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…
UN Agency Promises 2024 Intervention Funds To Support Humanitarian Trust Fund
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…