By Paradise News The Guardian Newspaper South South Deputy Bureau Chief, Mr. Anietie Akpan has won an international Award of Excellence from a UK-based non-governmental organization, Safe Child Africa for his contributions to ending witchcraft branding in Africa. Akpan emerged the overall winner from three selected across the country through documentation of witchcraft branding reports
By Isaac Jarigbe Citizens Solution Network, a non-profit-making organization working against all forms of human rights violations and achieving a sane society has said the organization won’t hesitate to activate a network of international activists and media communities to gaslight all those culpable in the two-count charge preferred against human right activist – Citizen Agba
By Patrick Obia The Commissioner of Police Federal Capital Territory, Abuja has filed a two-count charge on cybercrimes against the Editor-in-Chief of CrossRiverWatch, Citizen Agba Jalingo. The suit with charge number FHC/ABJ/CR/565/2022 has the Commissioner of Police Abuja as the complainant states that the charge is in connection with the article Agba published about Mrs.
By Jonathan Ugbal The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against the oil-producing states in Nigeria over “their failure to account for the spending of the oil derivation refunds of N625bn recently paid to them by the Federal Government, including details and locations of projects executed with the money.” The Federal
By Patrick Obia Suspected agents believed to hail from Calabar South Local Government Council on Monday 2 January 2023 at the popular Watt Market Shopping Center Complex harassed petty traders and their Vice Chairman – Chinedu Igwe beaten into a coma. According to pictures and videos by Effio-Ita Nyok, the publisher of NegroidHaven, the suspects
By Ogar Monday The Police Division in Okpoma, Yala Local Government Area of Cross River State, has stopped a Protest by youths in Okpoma who were out to register their displeasure with the state of the road in their communities. The youths who had gathered to march against the state of the road said it
By Ogar Monday The police in Cross River State on Tuesday, December 12, 2022, recovered the body of 5 persons who were beaten to death on the accusation of being witches by some youths from Ndong Nwong Community in Odukpani Local Government Area of the State. The deceased are three women and two men – Iquo
By Patrick Obia The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Cross River State office has joined the rest of the world to commemorate 2022 International Human Rights Day, calling for an end to witchcraft branding and all forms of abuse. This year’s exercise with the theme “dignity, freedom and justice for all,” kicked off with a