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How Insecurity Affects The Lives Of Everyone In The Niger Delta

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April 13, 2021

By Tarila Marclint Ebiede, The Conversation Nigeria has an urgent insecurity problem. News from the country often emphasises insecurity related to Islamic insurgents in Northern Nigeria, organised armed banditry involving Fulani herdsmen, farmer-herder conflicts, kidnapping and armed robbery. Insecurity has long been a problem in the country’s oil rich Niger Delta region too. From the early 2000s, armed militants targeted oil industry infrastructure

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Beyond Profits – Review Of Host Community Provisions In Nigeria’s Petroleum Industry Bill 2020 By We The People

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April 12, 2021

By Archibong Jeremiah We The People – Centre for Social Studies and Development has reviewed the Host Community Provisions in Nigeria’s Petroleum Industry Bill 2020. The NGO which was founded as a rights platform aimed at mobilizing and organizing citizens to demand their social contract from Government institutions and their officials published the 20 page report March,

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I Lost My Best Friend, My Soulmate And Brother – Josephine Effah-Chukwuma

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April 7, 2021

By Archibong Jeremiah Mrs. Josephine Effah-Chukwuma, wife of late renowned activist, Innocent C. Chukwuma has stated the cause of death of “my best friend, my soulmate and brother”. She took to LinkedIn to share how she feels. According to her, “Saturday April 3rd, 2021, I lost my best friend, my soulmate and brother Innocent C.

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Police Accuses Labour Of Arranging Own Chairman’s Kidnap, Threatens Clampdown Over Planned Protest

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March 24, 2021

By Edem Edem, Daily Post The Police Command in Cross River State has threatened to deal ruthlessly with the organized labour if they embark on its planned protest over the kidnap of their Chairman, Comrade Ben Ukpekpi. In a press statement issued by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) DSP Irene Ugbo, titled “Planned Protest

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CRSJudiciary: NBA Meets Ayade Again, Say Magistrates Owed 26 Months Salary Will Resume Sitting On April 1

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March 23, 2021

By Jonathan Ugbal The 29 Magistrates engaged from the private bar in 2019 and directed by the former acting Chief Justice of the Cross River State High Court, Justice Eyo Ita to suspend sitting may resume in their courts by April 1, says the Chairman, Calabar branch of the Nigerian Bar Association, Paul Ebiala. Mr.

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Police Harass Magistrates Protesting 26 Months Unpaid Salaries In Cross River

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March 23, 2021

By Ushang Ewa Men of the Special Investigation Bureau and Special Protective Unit of the Nigerian Police Force attached to Government House Calabar on Tuesday harassed over a dozen Magistrates protesting over 26 months of unpaid salaries. The salary saga is one of the many challenges that plagued the Cross River Judiciary which many fingered

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Investigate Operation Akpakwu Over Rights Violation Of Magistrate Else – Lawyer Writes Commissioner Of Police

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March 22, 2021

By Patrick Obia “Take notice that in the event of your failure to act within 72 hours from the receipt of this complaint, we have final instructions from our client to seek legal redress and without further recourse to you”. The above is an extract from a statement by the Principal Counsel, Basic Rights Law

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CrossRiverWatch Diversifies, Creates Civic Space And Akwa-Cross Entertainment Desks

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March 21, 2021

By Maxwell Effiong and Kelvin Ololo The management of CrossRiverWatch says it has taken a strategic editorial decision to further diversify it’s readership base. The Newspaper’s Managing Editor, Mr. Jeremiah Archibong in a statement issued on Saturday evening said the diversification is in line with the decision of the editorial team to continue proffering solutions