By Paschal Okwor Civil society organization, We The People, has trained members of the Cross River State Forest Host Community Network on forest conservation, indigenous rights and community-led environmental protection to strengthen grassroots efforts at safeguarding the state’s forest ecosystems. The training held on Thursday, 2nd July, 2026, during the Second Capacity Strengthening and Resilience
By Bright Daniel The Cross River State House of Assembly has reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening the legal and institutional framework for the prevention of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV), pledging to review existing laws, intensify legislative oversight and support policies that guarantee justice and protection for victims across the state. The commitment was made
By Christopher Iyang The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), in collaboration with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), trains and equips Crowd Sourcing Network on crucial capacity-building workshop aimed at responding to a fundamental gap in the protection of Internally Displaced Persons (DPs) / Forcibly Displaced Persons (FDPs) across the seven project States
By Patrick Obia The Basic Rights Counsel Initiative (BRCI), a leading non-profit organization committed to protecting, promoting and safeguarding the rights and welfare of children and vulnerable women in Cross River State and the Niger Delta, has wrapped up a two-day stakeholders’ forum on Gender-Based Violence (GBV) prevention, referral pathways, community response, and women’s leadership.
By Paschal Okwor Students of the Department of Journalism and Media Studies, University of Cross River State (UNICROSS), have commenced their mandatory industrial training with CrossRiverWatch. CrossRiverWatch is Cross River State and Niger Delta’s foremost media house that focuses on accountability, investigative, solution and developmental issues that are closely related to the State and the
By Rejoice Ettah Family Court II, presided over by Hon. Justice Blessing Egwu, has convicted 41-year-old man Edurance Ime Sandy, to life imprisonment. The convict bagged the sentence after found guilty of raping an 11 year old child (name withheld for privacy purpose). Nonsense Known as a no-nonsense for rape, Justice Blessing Egwu in her
By Godwin Ajom The shadow of insecurity hanging over the Calabar-Oron waterways deepened on Friday, April 17, 2026, when suspected kidnappers abducted 15 passengers traveling by boat from Calabar, Cross River State, to Oron in Akwa Ibom State. Among the victims were candidates of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), young Nigerians whose journey
By CPJ In the three years since Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu assumed office on May 29, 2023, journalists have been repeatedly arrested, attacked, and harassed — yet, the government has sought to deny this reality. Vice President Kashim Shettima suggested in February that no journalists have been harassed in Nigeria since Tinubu took office,