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Written by Obol Okoi Obono-Obla The Supreme Court of Nigeria ,Court of Appeal, and the National Judicial Council should be federalized and decentralized. You recollect there was a Western Nigeria Court of Appeal headed by Justice Akintola Aguda in the 1960s before military incursion into governance led to its abolishing in 1967.  Let every state have its own Supreme Court and Court of Appeal.  The National Judicial Council should be abolished, and its responsibilities performed by States Judicial Councils. Why not ? 60 something years ago, we had a federalized judiciary. We had the Western Nigeria Court of Appeal. Military rule abolished it and unitarized the judiciary.  Why should assault, libel traffic property inheritance, matrimonial cases etc, go to the Supreme Court? The Supreme Court is not working optimally and efficiently as it should. It is ovrrburdebed and vested with excessive jurisdiction. The Supreme Court should be unbundled and shed of excess load.  I have appeals in th

By Ngozi Cyril Dibia Civil Society Scaling Up Nutrition in Nigeria (CS-SUNN) held a one day media roundtable on to call for the review of the current Civil Service Rules by increasing paid maternity leave from the current four months to six months. INCREASED INVESTMENT IN NUTRITION TO SCALE UP QUALITY NUTRITION SERVICES IN CROSS RIVER STATE.  The event which held at Dannic Hotel on Tuesday the 5th of December 2023 had in attendance; the Board of Trustee  (BOT) Chairperson of CS-SUNN, Dr Mbang Kufre-Ada; a Consultant with University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, the Special Adviser on Budget, Cross River State; Mr Otu, Ita Otu, the state Coordinator, Mrs Nkem Eying Ubana, Mr Kingsley Eyibio; the Director, Planning, Research and Statistics, State Planning Commission, Cross River State, Dr. Winifred Ifila, State Nutrition Officer (SNO), Cross River State, key Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDA), Private and Public Stakeholders and Media representatives across the state. CS-SUNN is

The management of Cross River Broadcasting corporation Calabar (CRBC) is to partner a Non Governmental organization, Scalling up Nutrition in Nigeria (CS-SUNN) to carry out advocacy on reviewing the current State Civil Service Rules to increase paid maternity leave from four to six months for nursing mothers, exclusive breastfeeding and tracking of nutrition budgets in the state. The General manager of CRBC Calabar Mr Samson Nsor stated this when the advocacy team of CS-SUNN paid Advocacy visit to him in his office.  He stated the Corporation’s readiness to  give discount on gingles and other programs of CS-SUNN on the station, while also soliciting for training of news reporters in CRBC by the NGO in some specialised  fields for effective reportage.  He advised that advocacy should also be extended to security organizations to help protect Farmers especially in Northern Nigeria to ensure food security. Mr Nsor therefore thanked CS-SUNN for finding CRBC Calabar worthy of the visit.  Ea

The Commissioner representing Cross River State on the Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Rt. Hon. Orok Duke, has expressed concern over the level of underdevelopment in Cross River State despite the significant funds allocated to the NDDC over the past 23 years. He emphasised the need to address this issue or face a fight. Duke made these remarks after assuming office at the state NDDC office in Calabar, Cross Rivers State. He pointed out that the NDDC Act does not mention a production quota and is based on equality among the 9 states. He argued that Cross River State receives zero derivation funds while contributing to the development of all 9 states in the Niger Delta region.  "We have projects that are screaming for attention worth well over N15billion. What do we do? You now pile pressure on the state. The state already has scarce resources with competing demands. NDDC is an interventionist agency. Let them do their work. They should stop cheating Cross R

Some people are trying to justify the flagrant injustice, glaring imbalance, and lopsidedness in the politics of who gets what and how or the distribution of resources among the members of States of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) on the quota of oil produce by each of them.  However, there is absolutely nothing in the NDDC Act 2000 (as amended).  The NDDC Act is clear and unambiguous on the Membership of the NDDC.  For clarity, the Member States of the NDDC Act are as follows: Abia State; Akwa Ibom State; Bayelsa State; Cross River State; Delta State; Edo State; Imo State; Ondo State; Rivers State. See section 4 (1) (i-xi) of the NDDC Act. Therefore it is illegal, wrongful, null, and void for the management to import or make policy on what the legislature has not contemplated.  Where a law or statute has laid down how something should be done, you cannot do anything contrary or different from what the legislature has legislated. If the  NDDC Act contemplated that scholar

Dear Daughter, I hope this meets you well. How are you doing? How is your friend the one you were in Daycare together and now in Primary 3 sitting on the same school Desk? Yes the one who share same birthday  with Nigerian Independence October 1st. Greetings to her. It is a new year and new season and it new phase the Giant of Africa is celebrating 63 years as an independent country free colonialism. Are we really free when we depend on them for aids as they keep us their vain and farmland. Creating troubles and coming back to solve while making good cash from those Crisis. Nigeria think. Did you know that this  land of your birth is blessed with numerous natural  resources(precious stones, limestone, ) .we grow very essential  Agricultural produce(cocoayam, Cassava, carrot, cabbage, oilpalm, banana, plantain,Okro, vegetables species and more My Dear ma-adiaha did you know that Nigeria supply electricity to nearby countries for little token? Yet those in the country cannot really boost