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Group Demands Probe Of Soldier For Shooting Cross River Trader

By Deji Lambo, Punch Newspaper A NGO, Legal Assistance and Citizens Rights Initiative (LACRI) has demanded a probe into the alleged shooting of a trader, Akaniyene Ezekiel, by a soldier of the Nigerian Army in Calabar, Cross River State capital. In a petition addressed to the Nigerian Army and signed by the LACRI Director of

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Reflections, Tears As Innocent Chukwuma Goes Home

By Jonathan Ugbal The sleepy and serene community of Umodia, Mpam, Ekwereazu in Ahiazu Mbaise Local Government Area of Imo State came alive amidst heavy sighs and reflections from family, friends, comrades and colleagues of Innocent Chukwuma gathered to commit him to mother earth. Innocent passed away on April 3, 2021 leaving behind four Amazons

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Counting The Cost: Oil Spill Destroys Lives And Livelihoods In Nigeria’s Niger Delta

By Arinze Chijioke, International Policy Digest Arinze Chijioke traveled to Opuama, a community in Nigeria’s Delta State, to report on the impact of an oil spill that had devastated many local families. The time was 10 am in late March. Over 60 women, old and young, gathered outside the house of 90-year-old Julius Loboh, the

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ICYMI: NUJ Awards Eyo Charles ‘Torch Bearer Of Press Freedom’ Over FFK’s Altercation

By CrossRiverWatch Admin The national body of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) recently bestowed on DailyTrust correspondent, Eyo Charles the Torch Bearer of Press Freedom Award. The award is usually given to editors, reporters, media practitioners who faced persecution, humiliation, attacks, detention, imprisonment, physical injury or suffered death in the course of performing their

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Press Freedom Day: Respect Constitutional Provisions, Drop Charges Against Journalists – ACROJ Urge Government

By Patrick Obia and Maxwell Effiong Association of Cross River Online Journalists (ACROJ) has urged the Federal Government of Nigeria and Cross River State Government to drop all charges against journalists standing trial for doing their job. The union of online journalists practicing in Cross River State made the call in a statement issued by

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FULL TEXT: Organized Labour Message In Cross River For 2021 Workers Day

Solidarity Message by Organized Labour in Cross River State To Nigerian Workers in Commemoration of the 2021 International Workers’ Day (May Day) Protocol Gentlemen of the Press, Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen, Labour veterans here present, Comrades, I bring you warm felicitations from the State Councils of the TUC and NLC on the occasion of this

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Workers Day: Labour Suspends Activities In Cross River, To Protest Over Kidnapped NLC Chairman

By Jonathan Ugbal The organised labour in Cross River have suspended all worker’s day related activity for a protest as the kidnapped Chairman of the Nigerian Labour Congress in the State, Comrade Ben Ukpepi has remained missing for over one month. Ukpepi was kidnapped on 41 days ago on March 21, 2021 at his residence

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Irregular Secret: Inside Cross River’s Public Education System Of Structured Extortion

By Jonathan Ugbal Primary and Secondary schools form the basis in the Nigerian educational system and unfortunately, in Cross River State, public and civil servants have devised a means to enrich themselves via a systemic means of extortion that grows every year. Two boards, the Cross River State Universal Basic Education Board and the Cross

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