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 occurred at about 7.45am shortly after the aircraft took off for an operation against illegal oil refining. A statement by the Air Force spokesperson, Air […]
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 not allowed to receive tuition fees from students. Obi said this on Thursday in Calabar when she spoke with journalists to mark her third year […]
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 least, […]
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 junction […]
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 spotlights issues of violence against women and girls, gender inequality, patriarchy and advocacy for women’s inclusion in leadership at all levels of human endeavour. Speaking […]
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 its second edition in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. With a dedicated vision to train 1000 youth in the intricate art of 3D animation, […]
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 workers and administrators assigned to them. The decaying state of these centres is the focus of this report by Ben Aroh. In 2003, the administration […]
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 Patricia, a cryptocurrency firm. He contested the Cross River governorship election in 2023 on the platform of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP). Bonse, according […]
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 Saturday. She told a news conference organized to kick start 16 days of activism against GBV that the figure represented only cases reported officially to […]
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 of the House of Representatives, representing Akure South and North, Hon. Afe Olowookere. For many People of Akure origin, the project was a prayer answered […]
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 to […]
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 road in Ilorin, Kwara State, sat by the roadside with a bread seller. She was already closing up business for the day. Going by the […]
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 on an unexpected journey home during school hours. This is due to the alarming absence of restroom facilities – a dilemma that forces students to […]
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 seek climate justice on how to sustain the grassroots movement for action. The network is in partnership with Pan African Climate Justice, PACJA, Africa Activists […]
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 yesterday, Monday at the Medical Social Services Department (MSSD) seminar room at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH) with the theme: Professionalism; the position […]
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 Nigeria. Pinn Margaret Secondary Commercial School won the WAEC/Vertebra Merit Award in WASSCE for School Candidates, 2022. The certificate was signed by Dr. Amos Josiah […]
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. Raphael Ayama Offiong’s (aka Raph) ascension is nothing short of awe-inspiring, proof of his tireless diligence, unyielding work ethic, and unswerving determination in the face […]
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 receiving accolades. Watch:
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 and uncompleted projects, Sylvia Akpan reports. In a curious twist that blurs the line between landscaping, gardening, and education, Awokaris Greenworld Industrial Limited, a company […]
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. The Senator representing Cross River Southern senatorial district, Asuquo Ekpenyong secured placement as part of his constituency responsibility. George received the necessary documents from Sen. […]
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 refused to leave the service. SaharaReporters obtained the police signal from the IGP office on Saturday which said a “disturbing trend” that policemen who have […]
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 primary healthcare services across the State. WHO State Coordinator in Cross River, Dr. Ibrahim Salisu, while handing over the items to the Commissioner, Ministry of […]
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 bid to boost independence and sustainability for it’s chapter that birthed the initiative. The State NYCN chairman, Dan Obo revealed that “Yesterday (Wednesday) we issued […]
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 word […]
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 governor […]
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 humanitarian […]
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 Policy […]
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 resolved […]
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 31, […]
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 the attainment of the United Nations SDG Goal, being implemented by the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) and the local actors. The WikkiTimes, in this report, […]