The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has disclosed that 472 cases of Lassa fever have been confirmed, while 70 deaths have been recorded in 92 council areas of 26 states between January and February 9, 2020. It also said ...
Read More »Cross River Deputy Governor wants end to violence against women, girls
Cross River State Deputy Governor, Professor Ivara Esu, has advocated an end to abuse and violence against women in the country. He stated this when members of the Spotlight Initiative Team to eliminate violence against women and the girl child ...
Read More »Cross River assembly kicks as state govt shops for fresh N35b development loan
The Cross River State House of Assembly has again expressed reservations, as the state government shops for N35b loan from three commercial banks in the state for the second time in three weeks. Request for the loans is coming in ...
Read More »Transmit power to deputy gov, APC tells Taraba assembly as group seeks leaders with political will
Taraba State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has urged the state House of Assembly to invoke Section 190 Sub-section 2 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) and transmit power to the Deputy Governor, Haruna Manu. This followed the ...
Read More »Court grants Agba Jalingo bail 175 days after incarceration
HURIWA condemns media outfits for abandoning journalist A Federal High Court in Calabar, Cross River State has granted bail to publisher of Cross River Watch, Agba Jalingo after 175 days in detention. Justice Sule Shuaibu, who took over his trial after ...
Read More »Why foreign students, teachers shun Nigeria’s schools, by minister
Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, has decried lack of hostel accommodation in Nigeria’s tertiary institutions. He said the problem was one of the factors making the country not to attract foreign students and teachers into its tertiary institutions. ...
Read More »Governor Udom Emmanuel urges U.S. to relax visa restriction on Nigerians
Governor Udom Emmanuel has urged the United States government to reconsider its recent visa restriction on Nigerians, especially Akwa Ibom indigenes. He made the appeal yesterday while receiving the Deputy Chief of Missions of the United States Embassy, Nigeria, Kathleen ...
Read More »Obasanjo calls for conservation of wildlife
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has called for a concerted effort by stakeholders for the conservation of wildlife, insisting that their existence is very important to the survival of nature. Obasanjo who spoke yesterday while addressing members of the Pangolin Conservation ...
Read More »Court remands company directors over alleged N1.2 trillion fraud
Justice Mohammed Liman of a Federal High Court, Lagos has ordered the remand of four directors of Petro Union Oil and Gas Limited in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over an alleged £2.6 billion about ...
Read More »Military integrates 136 B’Haram ex-terrorists as Senate talks tough on killings
The Nigerian Army has released 136 repentant Boko Haram terrorists under its Operation Safe Corridor (OSC) skills acquisition training for integration into the society. Over 1,400 ex-insurgents were handed over to the Borno State government after the 52-week training in ...
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