By CrossRiverWatch Admin Cross River’s foremost investigative media outfit, CrossRiverWatch is set to convene a Twitter space over increasing issues of sexual harassment in tertiary institutions in the State. The Twitter space is scheduled for Friday 18th of August, 2023, from 3:00PM – 415PM. According to the Managing Editor of the dogged media house, Comrade
By Goodwin Otang Some residents of Calabar, the Cross River State capital have accused the Police of unlawful arrest and detention of Mr. Kandy Umoh. Mr. Tom Alims, who took to his social media handle to protest his continued detention revealed that “Kandy Umoh was only carrying a roll-up banner stand, which was given to
By Our Reporter A coalition of the United Kingdom and Nigeria-based NGOs have used the International Day Against Witch Hunts (marked August 10th) to call on Government and key partners to join hands to implement the United Nation’s resolution on the elimination of witchcraft accusations and ritual attacks. Harmful practices related to accusations of witchcraft
By Patrick Obia A non-profit organization poised on ending all forms of witchcraft accusations, the Basic Rights Counsel Initiative (BRCI) has sensitized Cross River Community on witchcraft accusations and the Child Rights Law. BRCI in collaboration with Safe Child Africa, through its Prevent Abuse of Children Today (PACT) organized an impactful advocacy meeting in Ikot
By Jonathan Ugbal The Center for Journalism Innovations and Development, CJID, has released a documentary telling the stories of journalists who have suffered varying degrees of attacks in the country. The Editor-in-Chief of CrossRiverWatch, Citizen Agba Jalingo also featured in the documentary where he spoke about the trying times the Newspaper faced when two of
By Veronica Utsu and Able Winnard Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) as well as stakeholders have sued for a law that will protect whistleblowers exposing corruption in the country. This was the nutshell of a town hall meeting on whistleblowing and whistleblowers protection held in Calabar, the Cross River State capital, with the theme: strengthening the
By Sylvia Akpan Citizen Agba Jalingo, the Editor-in-Chief of CrossRiverWatch will on Tuesday 25th July, 2023 speak in the West African Journalism Innovation Conference, (WAJIC). The inaugural conference which is geared towards amplifying the issues of press freedom violations among others will be held in Abuja Continental Hotel, Nigeria, organized by the Centre for Journalism
By Jonathan Ugbal A prosecution witness, Chinonso Mmuozoba Esq, testified in court on Monday that he cannot confirm whether highly placed individuals in society are beneficiaries of examination malpractice during the bar final exams of the Nigerian Law School. He stated this while under cross-examination by Marshal Abubakar Esq, counsel to the defendant in suit