The Conversation is Series of discussions between CrossRiverWatch investigators and those exempted from paying tax in Cross River State. The Conversation was produced by CrossRiverWatch in partnership with Civic Media Lab through its Grassroots News Project. Watch episode 2 below:
By Patrick Obia Edgerley Memorial Girls Secondary School Calabar has named a sport house after the late Mrs. Temitope Ekpenyong Ita. Late Temitope was the wife of Mr. Ita Ekpenyong, retired Director General of the State Security Service (SSS), now Department of State Services (DSS). She was called to yonder in March 2019 after a
A few years ago, Mr. Agi Peter, a young vibrant and the shrewd chartered accountant, the youngest ever Bursar of the University of Calabar since its inception in 1975, brought to the table his ‘paradigm shift’ mantra which was geared at the entrenchment of the world best practices of financial ethics in the institution. It
By Maxwell Effiong The Nigerian Police Force has beckoned on community members to keep effective neighborhood watch in their community. This was the message from a one day security summit by the Police Community Relations Committee (PCRC) in Calabar, the Cross River State capital where security experts say security is everybody’s business. The State Commissioner
By Patrick Obia Atycare Initiative, a non-profit organization in a bid to touch the lives of 1,000 pupils in Cross River and beyond, has taken its outreach to St. Patrick’s primary school, Adiabo Ikot Mbo-Otu, Odukpani Local Government Area of the State. The project – Impact 1,000 School Children Campaign is a monthly exercise carried
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Ntufam Ekpo Okon has returned to his former political party, People’s Democratic Party, PDP. Ntufam Ekpo decamped from the ruling All Progressive Party, APC, 6 days ago in a letter to his Ward Chairman. See letter below:
By Patrick Obia Civic Media Lab (CML) has trained journalists in advanced investigative reporting in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. The training is a component of CML Local Investigative Reporting for Increasing Government Accountability and Transparency at the Grassroots Project. Held at the secretariat of Association of Cross River Online Journalists (ACROJ), the facilitator
By Jonathan Ugbal A Federal High Court sitting in Calabar and presided over by Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu has discharged the former bursar of t he University of Calabar, Peter Agi over alleged acts of corruption. Agi, was discharged on Thursday after the prosecution filed a letter from the University of Calabar which said they were