By Patrick Obia and Rachel Idim The Cross River State prob panel into Police Brutality and Restitution will resume sitting this morning (Wednesday) December 2, 2020. The panel which began sitting November 11, 2020, has adjourned not less than four times based on the Police (Federal Government) prayers. The panel is headed by Retired Justice
By Maxwell Effiong A grassroot people’s empowerment Non-Governmental Organisation, Policy Alert has ended a one day workshop on budgeting process, accountability and transparency. The workshop christened “Open Budget Deep Dive” held in the city of Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria’s first capital. Mr. Tijah Bolton-Akpan, Executive Director of Policy Alert in his address to the
By Ada Wodu, Punch Newspaper The 15 political parties participating in the Northern Senatorial District by-elections n in Cross River State on December 5 have signed a peace accord. The signing took place on Tuesday at the Senatorial District Headquarters, Ogoja during the stakeholders’ meeting organised by the Independent National Electoral Commission and presided over
By Patrick Obia and Rachel Idim The sitting of the Panel of Inquiry into Police Brutality and Restitution in Cross River State after adjourning to 26 November, 2020, to allow the Federal Government (Police) respond to 54 petitions at once, has been shifted. When journalists arrived the venue, State Ministry of Justice, Calabar they were
By Maxwell Effiong The Association of Cross River State Local Government Pensioners, ACRSLGP, has accused the State Government of insensitivity towards pensioners’ plight. Mr. Peter Ozar, Secretary of the Pensioners union, made this known to CrossRiverWatch in an interview where he revealed that the union lost seven members during the 2019 verification exercise and is
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Cross River State Police Command has rescued a 13 year-old girl, Miss Precious Nwoji who strayed during the recent crisis between warring neighbours of Ebonyi and Cross River in Obubra LGA. In a release signed by the Cross River Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Irene Ugbo and made available to Vanguard
By Anietie Akpan, Guardian Newspaper October 23 and 24, 2020 has gone down in history as a disaster in Calabar. Not less than 100 property were looted, destroyed or touched by irate youths in the name of #EndSARS protest. Men, women, boys and girls were affected in a mayhem that the city of Calabar has
By Archibong Jeremiah Two Kidnapped Victims in Cross River State has regained freedom from captivity. Mrs. Eno Orok, asthmatic and hypertensive patient was abducted November 16, 2020 from her bed while asleep was released two days after. News Agency of Nigeria reports that, the Cross River State Police Command has rescued another kidnapped victim, Emmanuel