Investigation – CrossRiverWatch

Eburutu Barracks: Soldiers Suspend Forced Labour Practice, Night Arrests After CrossRiverWatch Investigation

by Admin
March 19, 2026

By CrossRiverWatch Admin Barely two months after an investigative report by CrossRiverWatch exposing a pattern of forced labour imposed on civilian residents within the Mammy Market area of Eburutu Barracks, Calabar, Cross River State, military authorities have discontinued the practice and suspended night-time arrests. The earlier report detailed how residents were compelled to participate in

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After CrossRiverWatch’s Investigation, Drivers Protest, Governor Otu Reviews Transport Regulations In Cross River

by Admin
March 7, 2026

By Kelvin Ololo And Sylvia Akpan The Cross River State Government has reviewed and announced a reduction in transport tickets and traffic-related fines after CrossRiverWatch’s investigation on high ticketing, extortion and abuse of commercial drivers by the agents of the transport regulatory agencies. This also followed the recent protest by commercial drivers in Calabar over

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How Cross River Transport Agencies’ Untrained Touts Squeeze Drivers Dry To Meet Targets

by Admin
February 18, 2026

By Chris Njoku Every morning by 6:AM, as the day begins to unfold, Monday Iyamba, a commercial minibus driver in the 8 Miles area of Calabar, diligently cleans his vehicle and performs routine checks before setting out for his daily work to survive. Behind this disciplined routine lies deep anxiety that raises blood pressure, not

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How Kano’s Street ‘Doctors’ Endanger Lives Through Repackaged Drugs

by Admin
February 2, 2026

By Lukman Abdulmalik, The Whistler By day, the city’s main arteries hum with commerce and prayer. By night, another economy comes alive, quiet, nimble, and dangerous. At about 8 p.m. on Tuesday night, on a busy roadside of Sabon Titi, Kumbotso LGA, a young man (Abdullahi Sadiq), in a faded hoodie, pauses beside a parked

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How Katsina Farmers Suffer Double Tragedy From Bandits And Soldiers

by Admin
February 2, 2026

By Aminu Adamu, WikkiTimes Malam Mukhtar Abubakar Kanan Haki, a farmer in his early 40s from Daudawa community in Faskari LGA of Katsina State said he leased three hectares of land for ₦1.2 million in his quest to remain in farming business. He said, after incurring other heavy investment on seeds, fertiliser and labour; soldiers

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Inside Eburutu Barracks: The Hidden System Of Forced Labour On Civilians In Cross River

by Admin
January 26, 2026

By CrossRiverWatch Admin Residents of Mammy Market, the civilian settlement tucked inside Eburutu Barracks in Calabar, the Cross River State capital, say soldiers often arrive in the “deadly hours” of midnight, sometimes 1 am – 2 am, banging on doors with sticks and rods, dragging young and old from sleep, and hauling them to the

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Eroded Future: The Untold Story Of Kano’s Fishery Center Crippled By Sand Miners

by Admin
January 12, 2026

By Lukman Abdulmalik, Stallion Times From a beacon of hope for young Nigerians who had dreams of a future in aquaculture, the School of Fisheries now lies in ruins with its classrooms buried under heaps of sand and the foundations exposed to the sun. What was supposed to nurture knowledge has been transformed into a

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The Missing Road: How FG Paid N556 Million For A Project That Doesn’t Exist

by Admin
December 31, 2025

By Ogar Monday The truck lurches violently as its front wheels slam into yet another crater on Ogbuma Junction section of the Ogoja–Katsina Ala road. Inside, Musa Adamu grips the dashboard as the load of yams he is moving to Abakaliki in Ebonyi State, shifts dangerously. He’s been on this road for fifteen years, but