By Jonathan Ugbal Mrs. Elizabeth Ayade, wife of Mr. Frank Ayade, the younger brother to the immediate past Governor of Cross River State, Senator Ben Ayade on Wednesday told the Federal High Court that Nigerian Journalist and publisher of CrossRiverWatch, Citizen Agba Jalingo made her unhirable as a lawyer. Mrs. Ayade was called up as
By Patrick Obia A collective of environment and ecology- focused Civil Society Organizations in Cross River State have written an open letter to the incoming Governor of Cross River, Sen. Bassey Otu to go after illegal loggers and destroyers of the State’s forest. The letter signed by not less than eight CSOs in the State
By Jonathan Ugbal Civic Space actors in some states of the Niger Delta on Tuesday identified the need to engage a wider audience of stakeholders on the issues of Beneficial Ownership data (BO) and Contract Transparency (CT) to drive development in the region. This was during a capacity-building workshop organized by the BudgIT Foundation at
By Patrick Obia Stakeholders have identified functional institutions as a panacea in peacebuilding and co-existence in the Niger Delta region of the country. This was a hallmark of a multi-stakeholders Niger Delta Regional Peacebuilding Strategy Implementation town hall meeting held in Calabar, the Cross River State capital on Friday, May 19th, 2023. The stakeholders comprising
By Jonathan Ugbal An unidentified officer of the Cross River State Fire Service and trainees on Wednesday beat up a staff of the State’s Internal Revenue Service, CRSIRS, Mr. Peter Agba while he was photographing vehicles of the service at a mechanic workshop in Calabar. The mechanic workshop is located inside the fire and rescue
By Patrick Obia Social movements, activists, and journalists among others have been urged to collaborate and connect among themselves to fight against injustices and all forms of human rights violations in Nigeria. This was the take-home message from a three-day “Organizing and Mobilizing Training for Selected Social Movements, Human Rights Defenders, and Civil Society Organizations
By Sylvia Akpan The Executive Director and founder of Atycare Initiative marked her birthday with pupils of St. Peters Primary School, Ikot Offiong Ambai, Akpabuyo Local Government, Cross River State. Born 2nd of May, Atim disclosed that the reason behind celebrating her birthday with the pupils is a way of giving back to society. She
By Mary Bassey The Association of Cross River Online Journalists (ACROJ) in the State has acknowledged the challenges Journalists face in the course of performing their duty as stipulated in section 22 of the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria (as amended). ACROJ in a press statement signed by its Chairman, Mr. Edem Darlington to mark this