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Obono-Obla: I’ve Been Treated With Utmost Ignominy Despite Putting In My Best

By CrossRiverWatch Admin Suspended Chairman of recently scrapped Special Presidential Panel for the Recovery of Public Property (SPIP), Okoi Obono-Obla, has expressed disappointment that the Government he served with his utmost ability allegedly betrayed him. In a Facebook post on Saturday, he described his current ordeal as a calculated ploy by some powerful forces close

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BREAKING: Buhari Sends List Of NDDC Board To Senate

By CrossRiverWatch Admin President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday sent the list of nominees for Governing Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to the Senate for consideration and approval. Senate President Ahmad Lawan read Buhari’s letter at plenary. The NDDC’s Board nominees include the Chairman, Dr. Pius Odubu (Edo); Managing Director, Bernard O. Okumagba

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Concerned Nigerians Write US Embassy To Deny Ayade Visa Over Human Rights Violation

By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Ambassador The United States Embassy Central Business District Abuja Dear Ambassador RE: CALL FOR VISA BAN ON CROSS RIVER STATE GOVERNOR BEN AYADE We are a civil society organization that prioritizes human rights and good governance in Nigeria. We have consistently taken a stance against the myriad violations of the constitutionally

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NGO Writes National Human Rights Commission Over Agba Jalingo And Joseph Odok

By CrossRiverWatch Admin 28 October 2019 The Executive Secretary, National Human Rights Commission Maitama, Abuja. Sir, RE: PERSECUTION, ILLEGAL ARRESTS AND ILLEGAL DETENTION OF ACTIVISTS AND JOURNALISTS BY THE GOVERNOR OF CROSS RIVERS STATE. We are a civil society organization that prioritizes human rights and good governance in Nigeria. We have consistently taken a stance

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Cross River State Judicial Service Commission Inaugurated By Governor Ayade

By Agency Reporter Cross River State Governor, Sen. Ben Ayade, Monday, at the State Executive chamber, Governor’s office Calabar, swore in members of the State Judicial Service Commission. Ayade who was represented at the event by his deputy, Prof. Ivara Esu charged members of the Commission to be forthright in their conduct. “We trust that

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Ben Ayade Vs Agba Jalingo: NGO To Write National Human Rights Commission, US Embassy

By CrossRiverWatch Admin Human rights activist and social influencer, Comrade Deji Adeyanju has disclosed that “We are submitting a petition against the Governor of Cross River State to the National Human Rights Commission tomorrow (Monday) on Agba Jalingo.” Making the disclosure via his twitter handle he further revealed that “We will also be writing the

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‘They Want To Humiliate Me’ — Obono-Obla Suffers Facebook Meltdown

By CrossRiverWatch Admin Okoi Obono-Obla, former chairman of the Special Investigation Panel for the Recovery of Public Property (SPIP), has alleged that some unnamed people are after him. In a post on his Facebook page expressing his feelings, Obono-Obla said those who stole billions and contributed to wrecking the economy did not receive such treatment.

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Bakassi: Lawmaker Urge Buhari To Implement Supreme Court Verdict To Pay Cross River NGN15b Yearly Compensation

By Agency Report The lawmaker representing Etung State Constituency in the Cross River State House of Assembly, Barrister Chris Njah Mbu-Ogar has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to implement the Supreme Court verdict which mandates the Federal Government to in perpetuity, pay the State NGN15 billion yearly as compensation for loosing the Bakassi Peninsula to

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