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Attempted Murder: Court Remand Couple Who Beat Up Police PRO In Calabar

By Patrick Obia A Magistrates Court sitting in Moore road, Calabar has remanded a couple Mr. and Mrs. Effiom Nsefik who allegedly beat up the Public Relations Officer of the Nigerian Police Force, Cross River State Command – ASP Irene Ugbo. In suit No. MC/225/2022 between the Commissioner of Police versus Eyo Effiom Nsefik and

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We The People Advocates For Increased Youths Participation In Decision-Making Process

By Patrick Obia We The People (WTP) – Center for Social Studies and Development has called for access to youth engagement as the world marks the 2022 International youth day. In a statement, signed by WTP’s Cross River State Coordinator, Okang Tatu, sued for collective efforts of all stakeholders to create platforms for intergenerational solidarity

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Breaking News Civic Space

Civic Space: Civil Society Warns Against Intimation, Unlawful Arrest Of Journalists

By Sylvia Akpan A Civil Society Organization promoting economic and ecological justice in the Niger Delta, Policy Alert has called on the government of Akwa Ibom State and security agencies to stop using a gestapo tactic to hound journalists. This is on the heels of gorilla’s tactics deployed to arrest newspaper distributor, Mr. Chidi Ngadiubia,

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Breaking News Crime Reports

IGP Orders Tight Security Around Hospitals, Schools

By Ijioma Opara, The ICIR Inspector General of Police (IGP) Usman Alkali Baba has ordered all Commissioners of Police (CPs) across the 36 States of the federation as well as the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to beef up security around hospitals, schools, and other national infrastructure across the country. Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the

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Breaking News Podcast

Daily News – Tuesday 16 August, 2022

Listen To The Report The Headlines: Police Dock Couple In Calabar For Beating Up Spokesperson One Suspected Monkeypox Cases Recorded In Cross River NNPP Guber Candidate Accuse Governor Ayade’s Administration Of Scuttling FDI LP Presidential Candidate Commends Outcome Of Support Rally In Calabar Duke, Imoke In Reconciliation Camps Of Atiku And Wike PDP Support Group

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Breaking News Health Investigation

[EXCLUSIVE] How 37 Hospitals Shared Over N35 Billion COVID-19 Fund

By Marcus Fatunmole, The ICIR The Nigerian Government disbursed N35.74 billion to 37 of its 55 hospitals from the COVID-19 Intervention Fund at the peak of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, The ICIR exclusively reports. All the Federal Government’s hospitals, excluding Federal Teaching Hospitals, got the money. The ICIR had in July exclusively reported how the government shared N22.58 billion to

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Breaking News Opinion

The Assassination Of Justice, The Accomplices And The Fate Of Ordinary Nigerians In Akwa Ibom: The Inibehe Effiong Story BY RICHARD INOYO

Since July 27th, 2022, I have struggled helplessly to sleep at nights knowing that an innocent, compassionate and ideologically sound lawyer known as Inibehe Effiong is currently being held against all legal procedures and professional code of ethics in prison running into weeks, and his crime? Simply because he went to Uyo High Court 1

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Daily News – Monday 15 August, 2022

Listen To The Podcast The Headlines:  Correctional Services Explain Why They Shaved Inibehe Effiong’s Beards Akwa Ibom Police Arrest Newspaper Distributor Over PDP Guber Candidate Certificate Scandal NGO Partners USAID To Curb HIV In Cross River And Akwa Ibom States Police To Dock Couple Who Beat Up Spokesman In Cross River  CSO Commends Police For

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