Estimated Reading Time: 1Julius Ssekitoleko, a Ugandan athlete has disappeared in Tokyo, leaving behind a note saying he has no intention of returning to the suffering in his country. According to officials, the athlete said life was too difficult back home and he would prefer to work in Japan. CNN[Read More…]
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US CDC investigating Nigerian traveller with Monkeypox
Estimated Reading Time: 1The United State Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC, on Friday said the Center and authorities in Dallas are investigating a passenger from Nigeria who entered the country with Monkeypox. The CDC said they had confirmed the traveler flew while infected but that there is no[Read More…]
Cross River to Borrow 1Billion naira for yellow maize farming
Estimated Reading Time: 1The Cross River State House of Assembly has given the go-ahead to the State Government to access a loan of N1,000,000,000.00 (one billion Naira) from Zenith Bank. The credit facility which is at an interest rate of 9% over 36 months is, according to the letter sent[Read More…]
13% derivation: Pay Bayelsa $951 million, Court orders FG
Estimated Reading Time: 3The Federal Government has been asked by an Abuja Federal High Court to pay the sum of $951 US dollars to the Bayelsa State government being the 13 per cent derivative sum due to it as arrears of revenue and payable . Delivering judgement in suit number[Read More…]
Politicians held rallies across cross river state, disobeying governors ban on public gatherings but June 12 protesters weren’t spared
Estimated Reading Time: 3While protesters in Calabar, the Cross River state capital were being arrested for ‘disobeying’ an order by Governor Ben Ayade to ban all “public gatherings and processions in the state”, top politicians held rallies, uninterrupted in various locations across the state with huge crowds in attendance. The[Read More…]
‘We plan to use facial recognition technology for elections’ – INEC
Estimated Reading Time: 1Nigeria’s electoral umpire, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has revealed that it intends to deploy the use of facial recognition in the conduct of future elections. INEC said it is using technology to weed the country’s voter register of fraud and therefore is planning to commence[Read More…]
SPECIAL REPORT: Challenging Yahaya Bello’s Covid-19 Disinformation
Estimated Reading Time: 4Pastor Enoch Adeboye, a respected cleric in Nigeria created a major concern for officials promoting adherence to global health protocols and public vaccination against the coronavirus when he publicly endorsed the activities of Yahaya Bello, a sitting governor in Kogi state, North Central Nigeria. The pastor who[Read More…]
In Calabar, students are protesting
Estimated Reading Time: 1Security operatives have fired shots to disperse protesting students of the Calabar campus of the University of Cross River (UNICROSS), in Cross River state. The students Friday, were protesting the killing of their colleague killed by armed phone snatchers and demanding that two of the alleged assailants[Read More…]
ICPC arrests two FRSC Officials for alleged certificate forgery
Estimated Reading Time: 1The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has arrested two officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) for allegedly forging university certificates which they presented to FRSC for the upgrade of their cadre. The ICPC in a statement said the two FRSC officials,[Read More…]
‘Ayade funding defection from Cross River state purse’ -says former Deputy Governor
Estimated Reading Time: 1Efiok Cobham, A former Deputy Governor of Cross River has accused Governor Ben Ayade of deploying state funds in coercing his appointees to join him in the All Progressive Congress (APC) Cobham who is the Chairman of the Cross River State chapter of the People’s Democratic Party[Read More…]
