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 CrossRiverWatch Admin As of 30 May, over 58,726 people have been tested, out which 9,302 tested positive with 35 States and the Federal capital Territory (FCT) having reported at least one confirmed case. Kogi State became the last but one State to record infections. The NCDC reported two cases during this reporting period leaving
By Eyo Charles, Daily Trust The Commissioner of Police in Cross River State, Uche Anozia has deployed detachments of Policemen into the Oku Community in Boki LGA of Cross River State where three elderly citizens were burnt alive. Spokesperson of the State’s Police Command, Irene Ugbo, who confirmed the deployment, said that one elderly woman
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 Eyo Charles, Daily Trust Cross River State Government has promised to deal with anybody or group of persons who gang up to foment trouble in any part of the State in the name of actualising outlawed Biafra Republic. The State Security Adviser to Governor Ben Ayade for Southern Senatorial District of the State, Mr. Ani
By Jonathan Ugbal and Patrick Obia Five Cross Riverians made it to the 2020 #Media100 list of culture curators, the publication by YNaija, an online news portal shows. They include CrossRiverWatch publisher, Agba Jalingo; German based journalist, Mercy Abang; Pulse Nigeria Editor-in-Chief, Ben Bassey; Broadcast Journalist, MaryAnn Duke Okon and second-time recipient, Philip Obaji Jr.
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Cross River State executive council has approved the sum of two million dollars, for the direct procurement and airlifting of items from china for the production of personal protection equipment by the garment factory. The executive council meeting as reported by Channels TV was presided over by the Governor, Sen. Ben