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NYSC Punitively Extends Raye’s Service By 2 Months For Criticizing Tinubu’s Administration Over Hardship

with one month left for her to complete the scheme, she was invited last week Wednesday, June 18th to face a disciplinary committee at the orientation camp at Iyana Ipaja

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BREAKING: Defunct ITM Ugep Staff Owed Four Months Salaries, Take Protest To Governors Office In Calabar

Upon arrival, some Union leaders were invited inside to wait for the Governor, Bassey Edet Otu, while other members continued protesting at the gate with security officials instructing them not to obstruct traffic flow into the office.

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How The Attack On CrossRiverWatch Threatens Press Freedom In Cross River

"Running a newsroom shouldn’t feel like operating a resistance cell,” Ugbal said. “But that’s what it’s come to. And still, we continue."

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Judiciary, Legislature, Police, Charged To Speed Up Cases Of GBV In Cross River

By Kelvin Ololo  The judiciary and legislature in Cross River State, have been charged to respond promptly in the administration of justice on cases of Gender-Based Violence (GBV), using their jurisdictions. Experts in the state’s judiciary, legislature and as well as the police, gave the charge in a one-day summit aimed to synergize directly with

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Calabar Psychiatric Hospital Acting MD Nears Retirement, Deploys Police, Army To Intimidate Protesting Staff

CrossRiverWatch gathered that Dr. Osim, due to retire tomorrow, Friday, when he clocks 60 years of age, had threatened staff whom he described as “infidels” that he will deploy the Army and Police if anyone tried to engage in a protest against him during a meeting on Wednesday. 

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Police Arrest Church Founder For Blinding Teenager With A Punch In Calabar

He eventually took her, after much delay, to a pharmacy along Marian (Ndidem Usang-Iso) road, and when they couldn't handle it, he reluctantly took her to UCTH where he was rude to those on duty and abandoned her for two weeks until he was arrested last weekend

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GADA Crusades For Gender Equity, Charge Religious Leaders To Balance Teaching On GBV In Cross River

By Kelvin Ololo  In a bid to tackle Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in Cross River State, Gender and Development Action (GADA) has engaged church leaders, youth, and women organizations on ways to mitigate harmful social norms and violence against women among religious folks in the state. The one-day interactive Forum, with the theme ‘Male responsibility for

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When Truth Becomes A Crime: Inside The Campaign To Silence WikkiTimes

By Usman Babaji, WikkiTimes On a hot February afternoon in 2023, Haruna Mohammed Salisu found himself shoved into a police van on the orders of the Bauchi governor. Moments earlier, the 34-year-old publisher of WikkiTimes — a small investigative news outlet in Bauchi State — had been interviewing voters during the presidential election. Now he

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