By Ogar Monday A team of volunteers from Project Alert, Basic Rights Counsel Initiative, BRCI, and the Cross River State chapter of Child Protection Network (CPN) has rescued a 6-year-old girl (name withheld) branded a witch by her father, a Police officer. She was locked up in a store in Okurikang, Odukpani Local Government Area
By Jonathan Ugbal A coalition of rights groups and activists based in Nigeria and the United Kingdom have appealed to the international community, and the Federal and State Governments to ensure that those who murdered five people last week in Ndon Nwong community in Odukpani Local Government Area, Cross River State on the allegations of
By Jonathan Ugbal Civic Space actors in Delta State in the Niger Delta region have hailed the accreditation of the Warri Custodial Centre as a centre for the Senior Secondary Certificate Examination, SSCE, by the West African Examination Council, WAEC. The custodial centre, located along Okere road in Warri South Local Government Area, is commonly
By Jonathan Ugbal The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA on Wednesday called for the reallocation of about 90 percent of the N11.92 billion estimated for food and foreign trips of President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo to aid victims of floods and support farmers in the country. Several States in Nigeria including
By Jonathan Ugbal The National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, is set to establish a National Register against Hate Speech to promote normative principles and frameworks for the 2023 general elections. NHRC is also working towards verifying and scrutinizing all national laws to ensure compliance with international human rights standards. The Executive Secretary of the Commission,
By Bankole Abe, The ICIR Onyiyechi Uzomah, the wife of staff of the Orient FM/Television Station, owned by the Imo State Broadcasting Corporation (IBC) Casmir Chinonye Uzomah, has cried out to the government of Imo state and State Security Service of Nigeria (SSS) to free her husband. The SSS reportedly picked up Casmir on August
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Cross River and Akwa Ibom States now have legal instruments to fight discrimination, domestic violence, and child abuse – The VAPP and Disability Rights Laws. Help support the fight to end violence against women, children, and persons living with disabilities. Powered by ProjectAlert.
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Mr. Umueke Oruaro Miracle, a clergyman, and the registered trustee of Dynamic Flame of Fire Miracle Ministries in Woji, PortHarcourt, the Rivers State capital on Wednesday stormed the premises of Rivers State Television, RSTV with his security detail, abducted the Production Director, Glorious Abel and brutalized him for cutting short his sponsored