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BRCI Launches Child Welfare Guidelines And Rights Committee In Cross River

By Favour Adinya Basic Rights Counsel Initiative (BRCI), a non-profit organization defending human rights and fight against Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in Cross River State and the Niger Delta region of Nigeria, has launched the Regulations and Guidelines for Alternative Care in the state. The event, held in partnership with UNICEF, ActionAid Nigeria, Safe Child Africa,

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IPAC Ends One-Day Zonal Seminar On Gender Inclusion In Calabar

By Godwin Ajom The Inter-Party Advisory Council of Nigeria (IPAC) has ended a one-day zonal seminar for political parties chairmen and stakeholders, in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. The seminar drew party chairmen and stakeholders from Kwara, Cross River, Ekiti, Ebonyi, Borno, Kaduna, other states with an aim at harnessing the full potential of

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16 Days Of Activism: Project Alert Sues For Unity In Fight Against GBV

By Patrick Obia With November 25th, every year set aside as annual global campaign against Gender-Based Violence (GBV), known as 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, Project Alert, a non-profit making organization in the front line of fighting gender-based violence in the country has reaffirmed commitment in her fight against violence against women and

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Journalists Tasked On Cyber Security Safety In Cross River

By Sylvia Akpan Twenty-five Journalists in Cross River State State have been trained on cybersecurity by the Internet Society Nigeria Chapter. The training held at the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), Ernest Etim Bassey Press Center, Calabar aims to equip media practitioners with essential skills to protect themselves and their sources from cyber threats. The

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Profit, Pollution and Lies: Interrogating Shell’s Divestment Claims In The Niger Delta BY KEN HENSHAW

Just as it employs disinformation to deny oil spills and its responsibility for remediation and compensation, it is doing the same with its divestment when it blames sabotage by communities for oil spills and their failing equipment

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Press Freedom: AJFIAJ To Host ‘Journalism And Crossing The Cyber Crimes Hurdle’ Symposium, Governor Otu To Grace It

By Sylvia Akpan The Agba Jalingo Foundation for Investigative and Accountability Journalism (AJFIAJ) is set to host a one-day symposium on “Journalism and Crossing The Cyber Crimes Hurdle” in Calabar, the capital of Cross River State. The event slated for January 2nd, 2025 will marry the birth date of CrossRiverWatch Publisher, Citizen Agba Jalingo as

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Gov’t Failure Fuels Jungle Justice, Says Amnesty International

It is appalling that mob violence is gradually becoming the norm, often meted out in crowded areas, such as motor parks, market areas and busy roads. Victims were always tortured, including by beating, stoning, or via the use of improvised weapons like sticks and metal rods

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Shell Exit Sparks Human Rights Concern, Says Amnesty Int’l

“Shell’s divestment from this region should not be a way of shying away from their liabilities to this region. It should not be a way for running away or shifting that liability without accountability.”

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