Items filtered by date: August 2017

Emerging facts indicate that the escape of suspected ritual murderer, Ifeanyi Dike from the criminal investigation department of the Rivers State police command (SCID) was masterminded by highly placed but yet to be identified personalities. This position derives from very strange incidents that have trailed the saga since it began. In this special report by our managing editor, Godswill JUMBO we bring you the sultry aspects of the unfolding debacle.

Two years after being inaugurated into office as governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike is still pitched in intense political battles just as another one to secure a second term in office come 2019 approaches. Last week, saw him gain and lose on different fronts.

The senator-elect representing Rivers East senatorial district, Andrew Uchendu, and the chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, Davies Ikanya have advised Rivers State governor, NyesomWike to accept the verdict of the Appeal Court which affirmed Uchendu's election in good faith.

Governors from the south-south and south-east geo-political zones of the country are regrouping with the primary aim of mounting pressure on the federal government to address teething development issues affecting the two zones.

Governors from the south-south and south-east geo-political zones of the country are regrouping with the primary aim of mounting pressure on the federal government to address teething development issues affecting the two zones.

In the last days, according to the scriptures, many strange things will happen and there shall also arise false prophets. One of such bizarre incidents happened in a supposed place of worship on Thursday, August 24, 2017, at 3, Okon Edak Street, off Atamunu, Calabar.

The obnoxious trend of suspected felons escaping from detention before their trial or from prisons across the country after conviction has, no doubt, become a serious cause for concern. This becomes precarious with the recent escape from the custody of the criminal investigation department of the Rivers State police command, of Ifeanyi Dike, a 24 year old man who raped, killed and dismembered an 8- year old girl in Eliozu community, in the Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State. While public outcry trailed the heinous crime by the 200-level student of the University of Port Harcourt, who confessed to have committed the dastardly act for ritual purposes, his escape became one too many of the alarming gaffes of the Nigeria Police.

“Let not my lord, I pray thee regard this man of Belial, even Nabal: for as his name is, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is with him, but I thine handmaid saw not the young men of my lord whom thou didst send.”

The constitution of the Obono Obla Special Presidential Investigative Panel by The Presidency, pursuant to the 1983 Act, is a step in the right direction showing the seriousness of President Buhari in his changed agenda against corruption. It is a task that must be achieved if Nigeria must be set free from the firm grip of the apostle of corruption.

Cross River University of Technology (CRUTECH) started on September 2, 2002 and accredited or recognized by the National University Commission (NUC) in 2004. The vision of this University is to make it a “CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE IN TECHNOLOGY, with highly qualified staff and excellent teaching and research facilities for production of graduates that can compete with their peers anywhere in the world”. The mission of the University is “to produce well trained graduates and researchers in Science and Technology, equipped for active participation in social-economic development” The Motto is “Technology for Human Advancement”.  This is for it to be a world-class Institution for academic excellence really geared towards meeting the needs of the society.