By Emma Una CALABAR- CROSS River Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ,  on Saturday appointed Barrister Chris Agam Agara,  a philanthropist and prominent political figure in the state as Grand Patron of its Press Club. Conducing  the investiture, Comrade Victor Udu,  Chairman of the State Council, said  it is in recognition of the…

The Cross River State Government has berated human rights lawyer Femi Falana for linking it with the terrorism charges preferred against Mr. Agba Jalingo by the police. The government, in a statement by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Media and Publicity, Mr.Christian Ita, accused Falana of deliberately obfuscating the facts of the matter…

A civil society organisation, Policy Alert, has called on the Police to immediately release an Abuja-based journalist, Agba Jalingo. Jalingo, who runs an online platform, Cross River Watch, was arrested last week allegedly on the orders of the Cross River Governor, Ben Ayade, for asking questions on the spending of N500m on a state- owned…

Bayelsa State elders at the weekend lampooned lawmakers at the National Assembly, who abandoned their seats to jump into the state’s governorship race. Rising from their meeting in Yenagoa, the state capital, the elders insisted that it was unbecoming of newly-inaugurated federal lawmakers to deny their constituencies effective representation following their selfish ambitions to govern…

The National Assembly Petition Tribunal sitting in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State capital has dismissed three case filed by the candidates of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) challenging the election of three candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2019 general election. The petition were filed by Kehinde Agboola, Nicolas Olusola Omotosho and Duro Faseyi…

The African Development Bank (AfDB), says African countries import nearly 50 billion dollars net of food annually. A statement by AfDB’s Communication and External Relations Department said the bank’s Vice President for Agriculture, Human, and Social Development, Jennifer Blanke said this at a panel discussion at the 7th Tokyo International Conference in Japan. The News…

The Nigeria Air Force (NAF) on Saturday said that it would continue to accord due priority to the welfare of its officers and members of their families. The Chief of Air Staff, (CAS) Air Marshall Sadique Abubakar who made the pledge in Lagos, said that this was to ensure that they lived a decent life….

A man who has spent 36 years in prison after stealing $50.71 (£41.74) from a bakery is set to walk free after having his jail term reduced. Alvin Kennard, who was jailed for life in 1983, was handed the lengthy sentence under a US law introduced in the 1970s to deter repeat offenders. The 58-year-old’s…

There are indications that all is not well between the Police Service Commission and the Nigeria Police Force. The disagreement may not be unconnected with the recruitment of 10,000 Nigerians as constables into the Nigeria Police Force. The Commission on Friday issued a statement signed by its spokesman, Ikechukwu Ani, to announce the suspension of…

…Damaged facility to be fixed in three days By Alemma-Ozioruva Aliu BENIN CITY – THE Group Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mallam Mele Kyari yesterday said the reported pipeline explosion in Otu-Jeremi in Ughelli South Local Government Area if Delta was actually a rupture which he said would be fixed within three days….