Nigeria: South-South Leaders Communique Jul 27, 2009
According to the governors in the communiqu; signed the Senator Liyel Imoke (Cross River State), Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan (Delta State ) Comrade Adams Oshiomhole (Edo State) and Rt. Hon. Rotimi Amaechi (Rivers State), the Forum of the South- South Governors met in Asaba - Delta State on the 23rd of July, 2009 to deliberate on issues of common interest and to strengthen the collaborative approach to development adopted by the governors of the region. (allAfrica.com)
Nigeria: Six States Threaten to Pull Out of Amnesty Deal Jul 25, 2009
The meeting was attended by Governors Rotimi Amaechi (Rivers State), Adams Oshiomhole (Edo State), Liyel Imoke (Cross River State) and Emmanuel Uduaghan (Delta State). The Governors of Akwa Ibom and Bayelsa states sent delegations to the meeting. (allAfrica.com)
Yar'Adua Names New Board For NDDC Jul 4, 2009
Other members of the board on part-time basis are Mr. Aloysius Nwagboso (Abia State), Chief Dan Abia (Akwa Ibom), Mr. Anthony Orubo (Bayelsa), Mr. Ekpo Asuquo Okon (Cross River), Mr. Emmanuel O. Ogidi (Delta), Mr. Jude I. Ise-Idehen (Edo), Akeru Ikechukwu Joseph (Imo), Mr. Benson G. Enikuomehin (Ondo) and Mr. Emmanuel G. Georgewill (Rivers). Three others were nominated as members of the board representing Non-Oil Mineral Producing States. (Guardian News, Nigeria)
Cross River lawmakers to begin hunger strike over 76 oil wells Jul 3, 2009
DEPUTY Senate Leader, Victor Ndoma-Egba, Senators Bassey Ewa-Henshaw, Greg Ngaji and eight members of the House of Representatives from Cross River State yesterday resolved to embark on a 14-day hunger strike to persuade the Federal Government to reverse its decision to cede 76 oil wells that were within its borders to Akwa Ibom State ... Their words: "We are persuaded by these patently corrupt, illegal, unconstitutional and brazen actions to declare that the RMFAC has in this instance clearly... (Guardian News, Nigeria)
Nigeria: Militant Freed As Yar'Adua Signs Amnesty Deal Jun 26, 2009
" The President, however, gave an October 4, 2009, deadline for all those who want to enjoy the amnesty take advantage of government's magnanimity. The full proclamation: Amnesty Proclamation Pursuant to Section 175 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Whereas the Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria acknowledges that the challenges of the Niger Delta arose mainly from the inadequacies of previous attempts at meeting the yearnings and aspiration of the people, and have... (allAfrica.com)
Niger Delta Militant Leaders Opt for Amnesty By Proxy Jun 24, 2009
CROSS RIVER STATE: Akpabuyo, Anatigha. ABIA STATE: Ndoki, Akwete. (allAfrica.com)
Nigeria: Govt Plans Amnesty Package Worth Billions Jun 22, 2009
" Therefore, the report discloses, "the panel invited representatives of the Governors of Edo and Cross River states and co-opted a retired military officer with requisite experience and expertise in Disarmament, Demobilisation and Re-integration matters in the capacity of Staff Adviser ... O.J. Oworibo (Bayelsa) member; Mr. Bassey Okim (Cross River) member; Hon. Dafe Akpedeye (SAN) (Delta) member; Mr. E.O. Odiai (Edo), member; Mr. W.R. Olamide (Ondo) member; Barr. (allAfrica.com)
Nigeria: Electoral Body Proposes 'Staggered Elections' in 2011 Jun 5, 2009
These are Kogi, Bayelsa, Adamawa, Kebbi, Cross River, Sokoto and Ekiti. INEC's case was further strengthened in Ekiti where the governorship election was held in 10 local governments last month. (allAfrica.com)
Cross River Loses N1.15bn Derivation Fund Monthly May 31, 2009
Cross River Loses N1 ... EVEN while toeing the path of dialogue, the people of Cross River State are protesting the de-listing of the state from the league of Oil-Producing States in the country ... According to Imoke, Cross River previously received a monthly average of N2. (Guardian News, Nigeria)
Abuse of child 'witches' on rise, aid group says May 18, 2009
The states of Akwa Ibom and Cross River have about 15,000 children branded as witches, and most of them end up abandoned and abused on the streets, he said. Christian ran away from home and wandered around for two years with other children similarly accused. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- NBA)
Govt Signs N140b Road Repair Contracts May 16, 2009
South-South: Rehabilitation of Calabar - Ugep - Ogoja - Katsina Ala road Section I (Calabar Ugep in Cross River State), awarded to Messrs Piccolo Brunnelli Engineering Limited in the sum of N4, 613,197,050 ... Repair of Calabar - Ugep - Ogoja - Katsina Ala road Section II (Ugep to Katsina-Ala in Benue/Cross River States), awarded to Messrs CCECC Nigeria Limited, in the sum of N5, 208,582,235. (Guardian News, Nigeria)
Upfronts 2009: History Unveils Expansive Slate May 15, 2009
The two-hour film, produced by First Tuesday Media, ArtFire Films, Cross River Pictures, The Johnson/Roessler Company, Membrane, and Brolin Productions, features dramatic performances from such celebrities as Matt Damon, Josh Brolin and Viggo Mortensen, as well as musical appearances by Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen and Eddie Vedder. Other key projects include The Naturalized, from Jon Stewart's Bubulah Production, a film following six adults from six nations as they undergo the naturalization... (Multichannel News)
Violence Creates 'Human Security' Crisis in Niger Delta May 15, 2009
The International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent started supporting the Nigerian Red Cross in Cross Rivers state in 2008, and has now added Rivers state, the heart of much of the violence and recent kidnappings. Nine states make up the Niger Delta region, including Absa, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River, Delta, Edo, Imo, Ondo and Rivers. (allAfrica.com)
Nigeria: Akwa Ibom Overtakes Rivers As Richest Oil State May 5, 2009
Ondo, Edo and Cross River , though among oil producing states, their allocations are not much different from non-oil states as they shared N3 ... The major factor for the new changes may not be unconnected with disruptions of oil production by militants in some states and the forfeiture of Bakassi, oil-rich Peninsula to Cameroon from Cross River State. (allAfrica.com)
Nigeria: Somali Pirates Threaten to Kill Captured Local Crew Apr 30, 2009
They come from Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River, Delta, Benue, and Nasarawa. George Onokpite, Chief Executive of ESL Integrated Services which owns the ship is also to appear before the Senate Committees on National Security and Intelligence, Foreign Affairs, Defence and Interior. (allAfrica.com)
Nigeria: 16-Year-Old Girl Tops Jamb Score Apr 19, 2009
The native of Cross River State applied to study Communications with Options' at the ABTI-American University of Nigeria, Yola. Three other candidates, who, coincidentally all made the University of Lagos (UNILAG) their first choices, came bracket second with 308 marks. (allAfrica.com)
HISTORY(TM) Announces Partnership Event With The People Speak Multi-Tiered Marketing and Programming Initiative Apr 17, 2009
THE PEOPLE SPEAK () is produced for HISTORY by First Tuesday Media, ArtFire Films, Cross River Pictures, The Johnson/Roessler Company, Membrane, and Brolin Productions. Matt Damon, Josh Brolin, Chris Moore, Anthony Arnove and Howard Zinn are Executive Producers. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Nigeria needs $15b yearly for infrastructure, says official Apr 17, 2009
Hence, Cross River State Governor Liyel Imoke has called on the Federal Government to have a rethink on its policies. In his presentation on "Creating an effective PPP regime under the Infrastructure Regulatory Commission Act and its related PPP policies," at a one-day regional workshop on Public Private Partnership (PPP) Policy and Infrastructure Financing organised by ICRC in collaboration with the Cross River State Government at Tinapa Business Resort, Calabar, Ahmed said given the prevailing... (Guardian News, Nigeria)
McCullough: He's no Leveille, but Daniello more than adequate in lefty role in SU attack Apr 14, 2009
He played midfield at John Jay High School in Cross River, N.Y. He switched positions and now shares the left attack spot with Tim Desko. Because Daniello plays on an attack line with passing wizard Kenny Nims and sneaky right-handed finisher Stephen Keogh, he floats in the ether, a lesser-star in Syracuse's constellation. (Daily Orange, NY)
Nigeria: Representatives Dump Power Probe Report Apr 13, 2009
The Elumelu committee recommended further investigation by anti-graft agencies of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Cross River State Governor Liyel Imoke and former Governor of Ondo State Olusegun Agagu for their roles in the award of contracts for the power projects. Be the first to. (allAfrica.com)
Over $10 Investment Threatened At Calabar Port Apr 12, 2009
"The Calabar Port has been bewitched by no conclusion of the channel dredging to a draft that would allow seafaring vessels to call the port directly and as at today; it is the number one deterrent to trade facilitation in spite of incentives provided by the Cross River State Government and the Port Operator, ECM Terminals.". He said: "The port has the capacity to hold two million tons of cargo annually, but with the present scenario, we are only utilising 25 per cent of our capacity even as at... (Guardian News, Nigeria)
Bandits Kill Girl In Cold Room Robbery Apr 11, 2009
Tragically, however, a young girl at a cold room along Egerton Street near the Sacred Heart Cathedral, Calabar, the Cross River State capital, where the bandits struck at about 9 a.m. yesterday was unlucky as the robbers cut her down in a hail of bullets. Thereafter, they made away with an undisclosed sum of money. (Guardian News, Nigeria)
Yar'Adua woos militants with amnesty, regrets exclusion from G-20 Apr 3, 2009
The governors in attendance at the meeting included Muazu Babangida Aliyu (Niger), Gabriel Suswam (Benue), Liyel Imoke (Cross River), Bukola Saraki (Kwara), Adebayo Alao-Akala (Oyo), Gbenga Daniel (Ogun), Olagunsoye Oyinlola (Osun), Emmanuel Uduaghan (Delta), Namadi Sambo (Kaduna), Jonah Jang (Plateau), Akwe Doma (Nasarawa), Danjuma Goje (Gombe), Murtala Nyako (Adamawa), Mahmud Shinkafi (Zamfara). Others are Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu, Chief Tony Anenih, Dr. Banarbas Gemade, Elder... (Guardian News, Nigeria)
Oscoda supports byway grant application, funds Apr 1, 2009
Several members of the board explained that the decision was not to have people cross River Road twice. An existing sidewalk on the south side of the road ends immediately east of the bridge and the proposed Safe Routes to School path to the west is planned to be on the south side of River Road the same side as the Oscoda Area Schools complex. (Oscoda Press, MI)
Anyaoku, IG, others oppose death penalty for kidnappers Apr 1, 2009
At the event were Minister of Information and Communications, Dora Akunyili; Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria, Chukwuma Soludo, former governors, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha (Bayelsa), Chimaroke Nnamani (Enugu) and Victor Attah (Cross River), among other dignitaries. Amaechi said if religious leaders used their privileged positions as God's servants in the crusade against corruption and other vices, the society would be better for all. (Guardian News, Nigeria)
Gorilla Gets MRI At Bronx Zoo Mar 28, 2009
22, 2008) The government of Cameroon --- with guidance from the Wildlife Conservation Society --- has created the world's first sanctuary exclusively for the Cross River gorilla, the world's rarest kind of. (Dec. (Science Daily)
Nigeria: Ifad to Support Cassava Production With U.S. $10 Million Mar 26, 2009
The states to benefit from the project, mainly from the root and tubers growing belt include, Abia, Akwa-Ibom, Anambra, Bayelsa, Benue, Cross River, Delta, Ebonyi, Edo, Ekiti, Enugu, Kaduna, Kogi, Kwara, Imo, Lagos, Nasarawa, Niger, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, Oyo, Plateau, Rivers and Taraba states. comments. (allAfrica.com)
Nigeria: Take Action on Halliburton Scam, Senate Tells Yar'Adua Mar 25, 2009
The Senate resolutions were upon a motion moved by Senator Bassey Ewa-Henshaw (PDP, Cross River South) and co-sponsored by ten other Senators seeking action from the Federal Government on the alleged bribery scam ... "There is no amount of re-branding, there is no amount of treatment, there is no amount of public relations that we will do that will change our image if we do not change as a people. So this saga also offers us the opportunity to re-brand ourselves," Senator Ndoma-Egba (PDP, Cross... (allAfrica.com)
Nigeria: Federal Allocation Slumps Again Mar 16, 2009
24 billion and was re-distributed among the nine oil-producing states of Abia, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River, Delta, Edo, Imo, Ondo and Rivers. The states received the lion's share of the VAT amounting to N17. (allAfrica.com)
FG, states, councils share N250.04b for February Mar 16, 2009
" Dankwambo also disclosed that N2.77 billion and N1.51 billion were paid to Federal Inland Revenue Service and Nigeria Customs Service respectively, being four and seven per cent cost of collection. Out of the statutory allocation of N215.86 billion, the Federal Government received N102.53 billion (about 52.68 per cent), a decline of N12.15 billion when compared with the N114.68 billion it received in the preceding month. The 36 state governments got N52 billion (about 26.72 per cent) from... (Guardian News, Nigeria)
Govt Releases Wings Aviation Crash Interim Report Mar 15, 2009
The Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) yesterday made public, the interim report of a Beechcraft 1900D aircraft belonging to Wings Airlines that crashed on March 15, 2008, in the mountainous forest of Busi Village in Cross River State ... The 15 seater turbo-prop aircraft marked 5N-JAL was first declared missing and was not found until August 30, 2008 by some local hunters in a thick, mountanous forest in Busi, Obalinku Council of Cross River State. (Guardian News, Nigeria)
Nigeria: Environmentalists Call for End to GM Cassava Trials [opinion] Mar 14, 2009
Mrs. Juliana Odey, national coordinator of Nigeria Cassava Growers Association, Cross River State, said: "Cassava is our gold. We don 't want these GM crops because we have enough cassava cuttings to feed this nation. The food problem in Africa is waste, due to lack of storage facilities. Governments should not implement policies that affect farmers without consulting with farmers.". Friends of the Earth Nigeria/ Environmental Rights Action is an advocacy non-governmental organisation that deals... (allAfrica.com)
Nigeria: Govt Earns Trillions From Excess Crude in 2008 Mar 9, 2009
587 billion); Cross River (N45. 585 billion); and Borno (N42. (allAfrica.com)
Amaechi Calls For More Troops In N'Delta Mar 7, 2009
Present at the summit where Governor of Cross River State, Liyel Imoke, the Deputy Governors of Rivers and Bayelsa States, Tele Ikuru and Peremobowei Ebebi, Minister of State for Energy, Odien Ajumogobia, Edwin Clark, Prof. Kimse Okoko, Ledum Mitee, Justice Adolphus Karibi-Whyte and other dignitaries. (Guardian News, Nigeria)
EFCC quizzes Agagu over alleged N25b fraud Mar 5, 2009
" According to the source, Agagu would also be expected to shed light on some contracts he allegedly awarded without due process while his appeal was on at the appellate court. The EFCC, on Wednesday, January 14, 2009, raised the alarm on alleged moves by the Agagu administration to spend about N8 billion from the state's treasury through contract award. The Elumelu committee focused on funds allocation and spending in the power sector between 1997 and 2007. It recommended that the EFCC and the... (Guardian News, Nigeria)
Soyinka, at Awo's lecture, queries Nigeria's nationhood Mar 4, 2009
Others were former Chief of General Staff, Rear Admiral Mike Akhigbe; former Governor of Lagos State and chieftain of the Ekiti State Action Congress (AC); Ahmed Bola Tinubu; former governor of Cross River State, Donald Duke; Lagos State Commissioner for Tourism, Senator Tokunbo Afikuyomi, the state's former Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Dele Alake; Otunba Jobi Fele, former Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps(FRSC), Dr. Olu Agunloye and Mr Bisi Adegbuyi. Among the... (Guardian News, Nigeria)
Tussle Over N177.95bn Cripples Power Sector Revival Mar 1, 2009
The trouble, according to report, is that the REA is headed by Dr. Sam Gekpe, also from Cross River State where Dr. Owan was born and raised although he is from Ebonyi State. Tools. (Guardian News, Nigeria)
Nigeria: Meningitis Again [editorial] Feb 24, 2009
According to health experts this current scourge has led to cases in Akwa Ibom, Ebonyi, and Cross River states. Even before its threat to become a national disease, the re-current outbreak of Meningitis in the North should have been a huge cause for concern to our federal health authorities. (allAfrica.com)
Five feared killed Feb 21, 2009
In a related development, over 10,000 people have been rendered homeless and 680 houses destroyed in Ekureku, Abi Local government council of Cross River State following an unusual ice rain that ravaged the area recently. Not fewer than seven villages were affected in the ice rain that perforated all the corrugated roofing sheets of houses in the area. (Guardian News, Nigeria)
Nigeria: Meningitis Ravages the North Feb 21, 2009
Curiously, Yarison mentioned that even states in the country which were not hitherto in the 'Meningitis zone', like Ebonyi, Cross River and Akwa Ibom, have recorded cases. "The Meningitis belt is growing, even in Africa. It used to stop around Equitorial Guinea but it has extended down.". (allAfrica.com)
Wildlife Conservation Society helps Cameroon create new national park Feb 19, 2009
In late November of 2008, WCS helped Cameroon to create Takamanda National Park, which now forms part of an important trans-boundary protected area with Nigeria's Cross River National Park and protects the Cross River gorilla ... Other subspecies include: eastern lowland or "Grauer's" gorillas, restricted to eastern Democratic Republic of Congo; mountain gorillas, made famous by Dian Fossey and George Schaller; and Cross River gorillas, which number fewer than 300 individuals along the border... (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
Nigeria: AC Wants Yar'Adua to Explain How He Spent His Leave Feb 17, 2009
The party recalled that the Presidency had without prompting, informed the whole world that the President would not travel abroad during his vacation, but would instead use the time off to rest at Obudu in Cross River state, Dodan Barracks in Lagos and the President's home town, Katsina. "There has been no report of the President being sighted at Obudu or Dodan Barracks during the vacation. So, where was the President during this time off?". (allAfrica.com)
Nigeria: Using More Ports [editorial] Feb 17, 2009
Can we say the same thing of Rivers and Cross River. Relevant Links. (allAfrica.com)
Philadelphia ... City of Brotherly Love ... & Romantic Love Too! Feb 14, 2009
Blue Cross River Rink -- Like something out of a romantic movie, this outdoor ice skating rink sits on the Delaware River bank. It has lovely views of the River and the Ben Franklin Bridge and is the perfect place to share a mug of hot cocoa. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
President Yar'Adua Resumes Tomorrow Feb 7, 2009
Besides, the expectation of those who have been warming up to see President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua in Dodan Barracks, Lagos and the Obudu Cattle Ranch in Cross River, as part of his holiday, might have been dashed ... Adeniyi also explained how the planned mission to Obudu came about: "The President had pledged, when we went to Obudu last year, that it is a place he would like to have an annual vacation. "But there are still contending issues, which would be sorted out with the Cross River State... (Guardian News, Nigeria)
