By Jonathan Ugbal The Cross River state House of Assembly has said it is willing to listen to the inputs of everyone as it seeks to strengthen legislations to tackle the rising spate of insecurity. The Speaker, Eteng Jones (PDP Yakurr 2) stated this while addressing attendees of a presentation and validation meeting of “The
By Jonathan Ugbal The attitude of the citizenry towards the street children phenomenon has been identified as the bane of their existence, a situation which has also led to increased crime rates said Ken Henshaw, Executive Director in Calabar on Tuesday while presenting a report on street children researched by We The People, a non
By Jonathan Ugbal Baba Isa, a rights lawyer has raised alarm over an alleged witch hunt by the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC). The ICPC had on Friday, June 19, 2020, issued a statement about the arrest of a Primary School Teacher, Mrs. Roseline Egbuha, three staff of the Guaranty Trust Bank and a lawyer,
By Jonathan Ugbal More traders including pharmacies will join the protest in Calabar, the Cross River state capital by locking up their shops over the rising insecurity. Some who spoke to this reporter said they delayed joining their colleagues on Monday due to ‘person reasons’ but will comply with their agreement on Tuesday (Today). The
By Jonathan Ugbal Martin Obono, a lawyer and rights activist in Nigeria who was arrested on Friday by the Police in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city after he tweeted about the force’s handling of a rape case has been released. Obono was released after a few hours in detention at the Zone 7 command of the
By Jonathan Ugbal Martin Mbasekei Obono, a lawyer and rights activist is currently in Police custody for calling out the Nigerian Police Force over it’s handling of his client. PREMIUMTIMES reports that Mr. Obono was arrested and taken to the Wuse Zone 3 police station in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory. He is said to
By Ushang Ewa Human rights activist, Chidi Odinkalu has said he declined an interview with a national daily in Nigeria following the paper’s decision to award a sitting Governor who allegedly orchestrated the arrest and incarceration of journalist, Agba Jalingo. Odinkalu, who is currently the senior team manager for the Africa Program of Open Society
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Egbede Jarigbe, a sibling of the member representing Ogoja/Yala federal constituency in the national assembly, Agom Jarigbe has been released. Egbede was abducted at about 11:00PM on Saturday along Ekong-Etta street in Calabar when he left a party he was attending with the Special Adviser on Security, North, Leo Inyambe to get