Month: June 2025
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Benue Massacre (VIDEO): Rights Activist, Agba Jalingo Fumes At Government, Perpetuators

With the recently massacre in Benue State, Nigeria, that claimed many lives last week Friday, Human Rights Activist, Citizen Agba Jalingo has shared his thoughts on the tragedy. In the attack which happened in Yelwata Community of the state, left over 200 people dead and properties worth millions of Naira destroyed in what is believed

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Breaking News Civic Space Investigation

How The Attack On CrossRiverWatch Threatens Press Freedom In Cross River

By Ogar Monday In the dim light of early morning on August 22, 2019, armed men stormed Agba Jalingo’s Lagos residence. His wife and daughter barely had time to react before the shouting began. The founder and publisher of CrossRiverWatch was dragged away by security forces, his family left stunned and terrified. “I knew the

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Breaking News Civic Space Reports

Judiciary, Legislature, Police, Charged To Speed Up Cases Of GBV In Cross River

By Kelvin Ololo  The judiciary and legislature in Cross River State, have been charged to respond promptly in the administration of justice on cases of Gender-Based Violence (GBV), using their jurisdictions. Experts in the state’s judiciary, legislature and as well as the police, gave the charge in a one-day summit aimed to synergize directly with

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Breaking News Civic Space

Calabar Psychiatric Hospital Acting MD Nears Retirement, Deploys Police, Army To Intimidate Protesting Staff

CrossRiverWatch gathered that Dr. Osim, due to retire tomorrow, Friday, when he clocks 60 years of age, had threatened staff whom he described as “infidels” that he will deploy the Army and Police if anyone tried to engage in a protest against him during a meeting on Wednesday. 

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Breaking News Civic Space

Police Arrest Church Founder For Blinding Teenager With A Punch In Calabar

He eventually took her, after much delay, to a pharmacy along Marian (Ndidem Usang-Iso) road, and when they couldn't handle it, he reluctantly took her to UCTH where he was rude to those on duty and abandoned her for two weeks until he was arrested last weekend

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Breaking News Civic Space Reports

GADA Crusades For Gender Equity, Charge Religious Leaders To Balance Teaching On GBV In Cross River

By Kelvin Ololo  In a bid to tackle Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in Cross River State, Gender and Development Action (GADA) has engaged church leaders, youth, and women organizations on ways to mitigate harmful social norms and violence against women among religious folks in the state. The one-day interactive Forum, with the theme ‘Male responsibility for

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Breaking News Education

JUST IN: ITM Ugep Staff Protest Four Months Unpaid Salaries

The Institution, set up by the then Governor Liyel Imoke’s administration in 2012, was scrapped last year after the State Government handed its facilities over to the Federal Polytechnic Ugep.

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Breaking News Reports

Court Sentence Church Founder To Life Imprisonment For Raping 16-Year-Old In Calabar

By Kelvin Ololo The General Overseer of Refiners Fire Global Assembly, Pastor Favour Maxy Okoise, has been found guilty of rape and sentenced to life imprisonment for raping a 16-years-old “spiritual daughter” in Calabar. The judgement which held at the Family Court and was presided by His Lordship, Hon. Justice Blessing Egwu Obin, convicted the

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