South-South Governors, on Tuesday, demanded the upward review from 2.5 per cent to 10 per cent, appropriated to the Trust Fund for host oil Communities in the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB).
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THE Calabar-Itu highway, a federal link road connecting Cross River and Akwa Ibom states, has become a major eyesore following years of neglect by successive administrations. The deplorable state of the roads, according to some businessmen who daily ply the road from Aba to Uyo and Calabar for food business; garri, yam, rice and other farm edibles majorly produced in northern Cross River State, including Ugep, Ogoja, Odukpani, Obubura and Ikom, has dwindled the volume of trade between the two sister states and other parts of the South-South and South-East regions.
“We have encountered accidents on several occasions along this road trying to get to Calabar, the state capital, while trying to access the northern part of Cross River state, where we buy our farm produce like garri, yams and rice for sale in major markets in other states,” Nwachukwu Nnana, a dealer in farm produce laments.
South-South Governors, on Tuesday, demanded the upward review from 2.5 per cent to 10 per cent, appropriated to the Trust Fund for host oil communities in the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB). Chairman of the South-South Forum and Governor of Delta, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, stated this at the end of the South-South Governors’ meeting in Port […]
Police charge Iowa City man with first-degree murder in fatal February shooting Hillary Ojeda, Iowa City Press-Citizen
Iowa City police have arrested a man they say was present when a man was shot and killed on Feb. 12 inside an apartment on South Governor Street.
Sammy I. Hamed, 22, of Iowa City faces a first-degree murder charge, according to a Monday news release from the police department.
At 7:53 p.m. on Feb. 12, a caller reported to the Johnson County Emergency Communications Center that someone had been shot and killed during a robbery involving several people in an apartment in the 600 block of South Governor Street, according to the Iowa City Police complaint against Hamed.