Concrete Roads: Cement Price To Tit N9,000, Say Manufacturers
By Damilola Aina, Puunch Newspaper The Cement Producers Association of Nigeria has warned that the ongoing plan of the federal government to introduce concrete roads will raise the price of…
Flood Sacks 5 Communities In Delta State
By News Agency of Nigeria, NAN No fewer than five riverine communities in Warri North Local Government Area of Delta have been sacked by flood, the News Agency of Nigeria…
Humanitarian Affairs And Poverty Alleviation Minister, Betta Edu Announce 13 Appointment
By Archibong Jeremiah The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Betta Edu has announced some appointments in line with President Tinubu's directive to restructure the social safety net…
Watch How UNICAL Lecturer Lost His Cool, Flogged Students With Belt
By Archibong Jeremiah A video has surfaced on social media where a lecturer at the University of Calabar (UNICAL) was seen flogging students with his belt. According to Ogar Emmanuel,…
The Tiny Robot That Can Reforest The Planet
By Interesting Engineering The "Erodium Copy" robot, inspired by nature, buries seeds deep underground to aid reforestation and protect endangered species. Watch: https://youtu.be/oaR_Roxi0XI?si=sR-G7Lq_U_KtXYv9
Use Your Manhood: Hopes, Expectations And Realities Of African Migrants In Europe, BY LEO IGWE
The issue of migration to Europe has been in the news. There has been intense discussion on how to tackle the flow of migrants to, not from, Europe. There have…
The Forgotten Cry: The Tragic Demise of Mohbad In The Shadows Of Bullying, Intimidation, And Neglect BY FIDELIS DUKER
The recent passing of Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad, has exposed a darker side of the music industry, where artists are abandoned to endure bullying, intimidation, harassment and lopsided…
Finding Nigeria’s Forgotten Mass Graves Through Satellite Data
By Kunle Adebajo, HumanAngle There are more than 25,000 missing people in Nigeria, more than in any other country on the African continent. Many of them disappeared during the height…
Niger Delta Groups Urge Tinubu To Ensure Total Cleaning Of Ogoniland
By NewTelegraphNG The Ogoni – American organizations; National Union of Ogoni Students, NUOS Int’l USA, Center for Democracy Human Rights and Anti-Corruption and Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni…
Prime Woman: She Found Healing, Now She Helps Others Do Same
By Peace Oladipo, Prime Progress In his early twenties, Arinze Chukwu found himself gripped by anxiety, which began to deeply trouble him about various aspects of life. "I used to…
#ACS23: Verifying Kenyan President William Ruto’s Claims At Africa’s First Climate Summit
By Africa Check Ruto hosted the continent’s inaugural climate change summit, aimed at forging a common position. We examined some of the claims he made from the podium. Kenyan president…
The Gates To Hell Were Opened Long Ago, By Owei Lakemfa
The world gathered this week under the United Nations to talk peace, security and socio-economic justice, but hawks circled and beneficiaries of a skewed world sat silent in cold complicity.…
Ondo, Ekiti Residents Suffer As Amotekun Recruits Miscreants, Political Candidates
By Alaba Adeyemi, DNN The South West Security Network codenamed Amotekun Corps was launched by governors Amotekun received massive support from the people of the region who had been traumatized…
UNGA 78: African Nations Will Fight Climate Change On Their Terms – Tinubu
By Abdulkareem Mojeed, Premium Times Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday said African nations are devoted to tackling the devastating impact of climate change across the continent. He added, however,…
Amina, The Young Girl In Kano Bridging Communication Gap With Sign Language
By Yahuza Bawage, Prime Progress Amina Abubakar Haruna was born with a physical disability called lower limb. While growing up amid a loving family in Dorayi, Kano State, she had…
Cross River Judiciary Generates N93.9m Revenue
By Solomon Azu, The Guardian Newspaper • Non-implementation of judiciary financial autonomy threatens justice delivery, says CJ Cross River State Judiciary said it has generated about N93,906,543 as revenue from…
Cross River To Go After 100,000 Dormant Taxpayers
By Joseph Abasi-Abasi, Tribune Newspaper The acting Executive Chairman of Cross River Internal Revenue Service (CRIRS), Prince Edwin Okon has revealed that efforts are on the ground to go after…
Cross River Governor Appoints New Head Of Service, Accountant General, 12 Others
By Sylvia Akpan, CrossRiverWatch The Executive Governor of Cross River State, Sen. Bassey Otu has approved the appointment of a new Head of Service Dr. Innocent Eteng, Dr. Glory Tony…
Governor Otu Implements Free Tuition, Exempt Examination Fees
By Sylvia Akpan, CrossRiverWatch The Cross River Governor, Senator Bassey Otu has implemented free tuition fees for Cross Riverians in Public and Secondary Schools in the State. In a memo…
TETFund: Otu Seeks Better Funding For State’s Institutions
By Mike Abang, Business Day Governor Bassey Otu of Cross River State has called for more funding of tertiary institutions in the state by the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund).…
Health Care: Cross River Seeks Closer Collaboration With USAID
By Asare Asare, Daily Post The Government of Cross River State has restated its desire to closely collaborate with the United States Agency for International Development, USAID, in order to…
Arms, Explosives Production Factory Uncovered In Cross River Community, Cache Of Weapons Seized
By Ochogwu Sunday, Daily Post The Police Command in Cross River State says it has discovered a factory producing guns and explosives in Osomba community in Akamkpa Local Government Area…
We’re Making Girls Think Big In Cross River – Gov Otu’s Wife
By Emma Una, Vanguard Newspaper Mrs. Bassey Otu, wife of the Cross River State governor, Senator Bassey Otu says she and her husband are putting up schemes and programs to…
Atiku, Obi Appeal PEPT’s Judgment At Supreme Court
By Mustapha Usman and Bankole Abe, The ICIR The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Abubakar Atiku, and his Labour Party counterpart, Peter Obi, have filed appeals at the Supreme…
INVESTIGATION: Under Gov. Ayade, Cross River Government Awarded 36 Contracts From World Bank Grant In Dubious Manner
By Archibong Jeremiah The management of the Cross River State College of Nursing and Midwifery Sciences, Itigidi, in Abi Local Government Area, LGA, Cross River State, met the proverbial “judgment…
Cross River State’s Toothpick Factory Struggles To Become Productive 4 Years After Launch
By Archibong Jeremiah The Paradise Toothpick factory in Ekori, Yakurr Local Government Area, LGA, in Central, Cross River State was commissioned by former governor, Sen. Ben Ayade on March 1,…
NIMC Unveils Self-service NIN Registration App
By Sami Tunji, The Punch Newspaper The National Identity Management Commission has launched a self-service solution that allows Nigerians to register for the National Identification Number from the comfort of…
Men Walk With Bitter Kola, Alligator Pepper As Fear Grips Calabar Residents Over Genitals’ ‘Disappearance’
By Emma Una, Vanguard Newspaper Apprehension, anxiety, and palpable fear have gripped the residents of Calabar, Cross River State capital over the preponderance of claims of the disappearance of male…
‘It’s Not For Governor’s Office Alone’ – Cross River Clarifies N5bn Renovation Plan
By Dyepkazah Shibayan, The Cable The Cross River government has clarified that the N5 billion being proposed for the renovation of the governor’s office will also cover the state’s liaison…
We’ve Developed Social Protection Policy Modelled After FG’s Framework — Cross River Govt.
By Joseph Abasi-Abasi, Tribune Newspaper Cross River State said it has developed a Social Protection Policy modeled after the Federal Government’s Social Protection Framework for the state's people. The state…