Cross River State Governor, Bassey Otu, on Monday, officially signed the Cross River State Local Government Amendment Bill 2025 into law, ushering in key reforms aimed at enhancing governance, improving service delivery, and accelerating economic development at the local government level. The newly amended law introduces structural and administrative changes to strengthen local government operations,…
The Police Service Commission (PSC) has clarified that it does not have the constitutional authority to determine the appointment or retirement of the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun. This clarification follows inquiries regarding the PSC’s recent directive for officers who have served over 35 years or reached 60 years of age to retire,…
A tragic fire outbreak has claimed the lives of Aliyu Mohammed, Vice Principal of Dugja Bayan Tasha Junior Secondary School in Biu Local Government Area of Borno State, along with his wife and three children. The fire occurred on Sunday, February 3, with details about its cause still unclear. Neighbours recounted the family’s desperate…
Three siblings – a boy aged 5, and two girls aged 7 and 9 – were murd£red in their home and their bodies were stored in a deep freezer in Nnewichi, Nnewi, Anambra state, by yet-to-be-identified assailants. The eldest of the siblings, a girl, Ejezie Chikaima Daviana, with the second daughter, Ejezie Chimziterem Dominica and…
A woman has sought legal protection from her husband, accusing him of threatening to burn down their cabin whenever she refuses his demands for intimacy, including during her menstrual cycle. The Zimbabwean woman, Grater Nyambizi told the court she lives in constant fear of her husband, Trust Chinyanga, whom she believes might act on…
