By Jonathan Ugbal Nigeria’s secret police, the SSS on Sunday, arrested a lecturer at the University of Calabar (UNICAL), Mr. Dennis Inakefe in a gestapo-styled operation. Mr. Inakefe was picked up at about 5:00 AM in his Calabar residence with terrified neighbors shouted at by the operatives who were armed and numbered about six while
By Patrick Obia Listen To The Report The Cross River State Ministry of Justice has created the Citizens’ Rights Department to entertain complaints bordering on sexual and gender-based violence, rape, wife battery, forced marriage, and denial of parental responsibility amongst others. The Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice in the State, Barr. Tanko Ashang disclosed this
By Jonathan Ugbal Listen To The Report Policy Alert, a Civil Society Organisation in Akwa Ibom State has launched a petition on change.org to ensure the release of rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong who was on Wednesday remanded in prison for alleged contempt by the Chief Judge of the High Court of the State, Justice Ekaette
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Listen To The Article Civic space actors, political and civil society groups have condemned the remand in prison of Inibehe Effiong, a rights’ lawyer, for one month by the Chief Judge of the High Court of Akwa Ibom State, Justice Ekaette Obot for alleged contempt. Among them includes the Socio Economic Rights
By Adeyinka Adedipe, Punch Newspaper Listen To The Report A couple based in Benin, the Edo State capital, has called on the Nigeria Police Force to produce their son, Ebi Agbomu, whom they had been unable to reach since his supposed arrest in May. The couple told journalists that a series of unsuccessful calls to
By CrossRiverWatch Listen To The Report The Federal High Court of Nigeria sitting in Calabar (Court 2) and presided over by Justice Rosemary Dugbo has awarded damages of N1 million only against the Nigerian Air Force over an alleged case of human rights violation. The Applicant in the case, Eno Iyamba Esq. who is a
By Patrick Obia Listen To The Report Inclusive Forum for Accountability Society, IFAS, has ended a two-day stakeholders’ engagement in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. The key actors included traditional leaders, security agencies, the judiciary, the government, media, and civil society organizations among others. The engaging session held at Hogis Hotel conference hall, Calabar,
By Abdullateef Abubakar, SolaceBase Listen To The Report The International Press Centre (IPC) has condemned in strong terms the harassment and molestation of Mr. Haruna Mohammed, the publisher of WikkiTimes online newspaper, and one of its reporters, Mr. Idris Kamal, by the Police in Bauchi, Bauchi State. SolaceBase reports that the ordeal of the two