Stop Campaign Of Falsehood, Veiled Threats Against Us – Policy Alert Warns Governor Umo Eno’s Aide
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…
BREAKING: NLC, TUC Suspends Strike, Direct Workers To Resume Work Tomorrow
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…
Nigeria Central Bank Says Old N200, N500, N1,000 Notes Will Remain Legal Tender ‘Forever’
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…
INVESTIGATION: In Bauchi, Access To Potable Water Is Crippling Basic Education
By Usman Babaji, WikkiTimes The lack of safe drinking water in various schools across Bauchi State is threatening the sustainability of basic and qualitative education (Sustainable Development Goal 4). It is crippling…
Relationships Are A Gateway For Success BY RT. HON. PETER ODEY
In my stay on earth I have come to the realization that relationships are very key in a man's life. Relationships open doors that money , fame and your status…
Gunmen Abduct UNICAL Director
By Agency Reporter The Director of Servicom at the University of Calabar, Prof. Patrick Egaga, was abducted on Sunday night by gunmen at the university staff quarters. Egaga, who is…
WAEC Adopts Computer Based Test For 2024 Examination
By Chika Mefor-Nwach, The Whistler The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has announced that it is adopting the Computer-Based Test mode for the conduct of the Senior School Certificate Examination.…
Slideshow Of 2023 Carnival Calabar Dry Run
By TheInvestigstor Watch slideshow of the 2023 Carnival Calabar 2nd dry run that held yesterday. #SeasonOfSweetness
Carnival Calabar 2nd Dry Run: Bands Are Ready
By CalabarBlog Contesting bands in the 2023 Carnival Calabar are ready to begin the 2nd dry run. They are mustered at 11-11 roundabout. See pictures:
BREAKING: Abuja Airport Closed As Aero Cally Aircraft Skids Off Taxiway
By CrossRiverWatch Admin A video obtained by CrossRiverWatch shows that the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, NAIA is currently closed temporarily as an Aero Cally Boeing 737 300 skid off the…
FG Approves Funding For 260 Road Projects
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…
President Tinubu Appoints Orok Duke As Member Of NDDC Governing Board
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…
Updated: Trust TV Journalist, Nten Ekpang, Others Released By Kidnappers
By Goodluck Ikiebe Abductors of Broadcast Journalist/Editor, Nten Ekpang, with Trust TV have contacted his family, demanding 10 million naira ransom. Ekpang was kidnapped on Wednesday, 1/11/2023 at a village…
Appeal Court Throws Out Ex-Governor Ayade’s Case, Affirms Jarigbe As Winner Of Cross River Senatorial Election
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…
Policy Alert Chides Cross River Government Over Disbursements To Office Of CoS, Neglect Of Key Sectors
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…
‘It’s Terrible To Live There’ – UNN Students Shun Affordable Varsity Hostel
By Ben Aroh, The Whistler Notwithstanding the cheapness and security of living in hostels of the University of Nigeria, her students substantially prefer private accommodation. This report by BEN AROH…
Thieves Cart-Away Pots Of Soup, Food Items In Calabar
By Tina Agosi Todo, Guardian Newspaper An armed robbery gang, yesterday, raided houses and carted away pots of soup at Mbukpa, Ambo, and Adak Uko areas of Calabar South Local…
Hospitality: Cross River State Kicks-Off ₦10m Bailout Funds To Businesses In Financial Crisis
By Eme Offiong, VON The Cross River State Government through its Tourism Bureau, has commenced the process of providing ₦10 Million bailout funds to businesses in the hospitality and tourism…
Curb Inherited Appetite For Loans – Policy Alert Tells Governor Eno
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…
SPECIAL REPORT: Akwa Ibom Schools Losing Girls To Teen Pregnancy At An Alarming Rate
By Blessing Udeobasi, FIJ When 15-year-old Essien (not real name) lost her mum in 2021, little did she know her life would take a different turn. Being the 7th child of…
For Opposing Shady Businesses, UBA Forced Top Staffer, Mrs Aiyetan To Resign — Court Rules Against It, Orders N157m Compensation
By Yawale Adamu, WikkiTimes National Industrial Court of Nigeria sitting in Lagos State has ordered United Bank for Africa (UBA) to pay N157 million in compensation to Abimbola Dayo-Aiyetan, a…
Fact-Checking Shows Kano Deputy Governor’s Claim Of Sponsoring 52 Indigent Patients For Eye Surgery Is False
By Elijah Akoji, Solace Base In this report, Elijah Akoji of SOLACEBASE uncovered through Fact-Checking how Kano State deputy governor’s claim to have sponsored 52 patients for free eye surgery at Makkah Eye Clinic in…
Rivers: Wike Demanded 25% Of Allocations, N2b From Palliative Money – Activist Alleges
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…
The Curious Phenomenon Of Nigeria’s Disappearing Penises
By Kingsley Charles The kind of acute panic attack that brings on ‘koro’ is not unique to Africa but, as economic and social pressures build, more men are feeling the…
Rivers Crisis: PDP Govs Meet, Welcome Tinubu’s Intervention
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…
Cross River Education Commissioner, Suspends Two School Principals Over Illegal Levies Collection
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…
ICPC Slams 4-Count Charge On UNICAL’s Ndifon Over Alleged Misconduct
By Unini Chioma, The Nigerian Lawyer The Independent Corrupt Practises and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) reported on Monday that it had filed a criminal charge against the suspended Dean…
20 Feared Killed As Cross River, Benue Communities Clash Over Farmland
By Asare Asare, Daily Post No fewer than 20 persons have been feared killed in Sunday’s renewed clash between people of Yache-Ijiegu community in Yala LGA of Cross River State…
Cross River Governor Suspends SEMA DG
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…
Oyedepo’s Son Isaac Resigns From Living Faith After He Was Announced National Youth Pastor
By Wondrous Nnaemeka, The Whistler The second son of Bishop David Oyedepo, the founder of Living Faith Church Worldwide, Pastor Isaac Oyedepo, has reportedly resigned from the ministry. The reported…