By Patrick Obia Non-Governmental Organization ActionAid Nigeria, in partnership with Basic Rights Counsel Initiative (BRCI), has ended its one-day stakeholders meeting on ways to alleviate poverty in local communities. The event was held at the conference room of the State Ministry of Justice, Calabar where the Partnership and Local Rights Program Manager, ActionAid Abuja, Nigeria
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Police in Abuja have invited the publisher of CrossRiverWatch, Citizen Agba Jalingo. The invitation is in connection with the petition by Mrs. Alami Frank Ayade, wife of Gov. Ben Ayade’s younger brother, Frank Ayade. Recall that on August 19, 2022, unidentified Policemen barricaded Jalingo’s Lagos residence, and held his wife, and
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Chairman of Cross River State Pollution Control Agency, Barrister Tony Adinye has reportedly led some men of the Green Sheriff, an agency set up by Governor Ben Ayade for environmental policing has manhandled an orange seller, Mrs. Lucy Uket, and her daughter Miracle Uket. According to the video shared online by
By Ogar Monday A report by two non-governmental organizations, We The People and the Rainforest Resources Development Centre (RRDC), have indicted 79 companies and individuals, including Dansa Allied Agro, a subsidiary of Dangote Group, Wilmar International, the Cross River State Government for the continuous depletion of the forest in the State. The 23-page report highlighted
By Sylvia Akpan The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has apologized for the Adiabo sub-station fire outbreak. The substation on September 3, 2022, exploded into flames. TCN in a statement through its General Manager, Public Affairs, Ndidi Mbah, assured consumers that there will be a restoration of bulk power supply in the affected areas. “The
By Ogar Monday Community leaders in Akamkpa Local Government Area of Cross River State have added their voices to the fight to eliminate all forms of Gender Based Violence, GBV, especially, against women and children, as a community surveillance team with a responsibility to report and escalate cases of GBV in their communities has been
By Patrick Obia Mrs. Joy Amadi, the mother of the Nigerian Law School student who died mysteriously, Nnenna Amadi, has demanded proper clarification and justice for her “brilliant daughter.” Nnenna Amadi was said to have passed on in the Nigerian Law School, Lagos Campus due to alleged negligence from the school’s medical center. It was
By News Agency of Nigeria Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River has expressed sadness over the fire that destroyed goods worth millions of naira on Tuesday at the popular fruits Market at Marian in Calabar. The governor disclosed this in a statement by his deputy chief press secretary, Linus Obogo, on Wednesday. “I am saddened