The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Akwa Ibom has called for the resignation of the state’s Commissioner for Health, Dr. Dominic Ukpong, over his alleged role in the crisis rocking the health sector in the area, especially as it affected ...
Read More »Activists urge anti-graft agencies, police to probe NDDC contracts
Niger Delta activists have called on the anti-corruption agencies and the police to investigate the alleged siphoning of funds from the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) through contracts. NDDC’s current state of quagmire and indebtedness to the tune of N2 trillion has ...
Read More »Appeal Court resolves Cross River APC leadership crisis
The Court of Appeal sitting in Calabar has pronounced the Sir Etim John Ochala-led executive committee as the authentic leadership of the Cross River State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The political party has, in the last three ...
Read More »SWAN felicitates with Muslims as Ramadan fast begins
The Sports Writers’ Association of Nigeria (SWAN) at the weekend felicitated with Muslims faithful across the country as they commence the month-long Ramadan fast. In a statement signed by its President, Comrade Ahmed Aigbona and Secretary-General, Comrade Mike Oboh, it ...
Read More »Ecobank Nigeria supports states with food items
Ecobank Nigeria has donated food items to several states across the country as a contribution to various initiatives aimed at cushioning the effect of the current lockdown on citizens. The palliatives are targeted at the most vulnerable members of society, ...
Read More »Obiano lifts ban on movement, Church services
Anambra State Governor Willie Obiano at the weekend lifted the ban on free movement and Church service across the state, while criminalising breaches of border closure. Obiano, who spoke in a statewide broadcast, also ordered shop dealing in foodstuff and ...
Read More »U.S. shuns WHO’s efforts to accelerate new COVID-19 health technologies, others
The United States (U.S.) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) are still at loggerheads as the U.S. has shunned global health leaders, private sector partners and other stakeholders at the unveiling of Access To COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator. The ACT ...
Read More »Edo APC guber aspirant, Ize-iyamu pledges support for credible primary
A governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu at the weekend assured that there will be no hard feelings should he lose in the party’s primary scheduled for June. In a statement issued ...
Read More »Redirect security votes, life pension to healthcare funding, SERAP charges governors
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent Freedom of Information (FoI) requests to governors urging them to redirect their security votes and life pensions to funding of public healthcare facilities and quality education. It urged governors of the ...
Read More »Groups canvass house-to-house scientific data collection in C’River as Ayade threatens defaulting clerics
Amid fear of the rising cases of coronavirus in the country, some groups in Cross River State have canvassed door-to-door scientific data collection to ensure that the virus does not spread to and escalate in the state. So far, Cross ...
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