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NGOs Host Street Kids, Call For Help As The World Mark International Day For Street Children

By Sylvia Akpan Listen To The Report As the world celebrates International Day for Street Children, Non-Governmental Organizations in Calabar, the Cross River State capital have emphasized the need for a reduced number of children on the streets. The International Day for Street Children is a day set aside on April 12 annually to acknowledge

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Illegal Logging: NGO Ask Cross River Government For Details On Trailer With Illegal Timber

By Ogar Monday Listen To The Report A Non-Governmental Organization, Rainforest Resource, and Developmental Center, RRDC, has asked the Cross River State Government to furnish it with a detailed report of a fallen trailer in Ikom, laden with suspected illegal timber. In the letter signed by Mr. Odey Oyama, the Executive Director of RRDC, and

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I Have No Hand In Agba Jalingo’s Arrest, Incarceration-  Ayade Denies

By Sylvia Akpan Listen To The Report The Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade has denied any involvement in the arrest and incarceration of activist and Publisher of CrossRiverWatch, Mr. Agba Jalingo.   Ayade, who was speaking on ‘The Morning Show Program’ on Arise TV, said Jalingo was arrested for his involvement in #EndSARS activity. Mr.

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Policy Alert Raises Alarm, Accuse Akwa Ibom State Government Of Stalking

By CrossRiverWatch Admin Listen To The Report Policy Alert, a non-governmental organization promoting economic and ecological justice in the Niger Delta, has raised an alarm over alleged plans by security agencies and agents of the Akwa Ibom State Government to launch a series of attacks on its staff, volunteers, and media partners over recent scathing

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CALABAR: NBA Kicks Off 2022 Bar Week, Focuses On Good Governance, Accountability

By Ogar Monday and Blessing Ola Listen To The Report The Calabar branch of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, has commenced activities for its 2022 bar week-themed, “We the People: Agenda for National Consensus,” with a city walk. The walk is the first in a schedule of activities that hopes to raise the political awareness

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Properties Acquired During Marriage Are Matrimonial Assets – Court Rules

By Sylvia Akpan Listen To The Report A Cross River State High Court sitting in Akpabuyo Judicial Division has ruled that properties inherited during a marriage are matrimonial properties. Justice A. Ewa in a judgment delivered in suit No: HCA/20/2019 brought before him by Basic Rights Law Partners. The Judge said the properties acquired during

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BREAKING: Court Dismiss Terrorism, Treasonable Felony Charges Against Agba Jalingo

By Jonathan Ugbal A Federal High Court sitting in Calabar and presided over by Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu on Monday, discharged Nigerian journalist and activist, Agba Jalingo in a criminal suit that alleged he committed acts of terrorism, treasonable felony and cyber crimes. This followed the decision of the Cross River State Government to withdraw the

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NGO Seek N945,000 Medical Support For 12 Year Old Bathed With Hot Oil

By Patrick Obia A non-governmental organization in forefront of free legal and other aids to indigent women and children, Basic Rights Counsel Initiative (BRCI), has solicited N945,000 support from well-meaning individuals for the medical bill of a 12-year-old, Goodness Emeka Uche bathed with hot water. Goodness is said to have been bathed a mixture of

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