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 CrossRiverWatch Admin Professor Florence Obi has assumed office as the 11th Vice Chancellor (VC) of the University of Calabar (UNICAL), Calabar. Professor Obi emerged VC elect on September 10, 2020 beating 12 other contestants. A professor of special needs education, She is the first female VC of the institution since its establishment 45 years
By Jonathan Ugbal Documents obtained by CrossRiverWatch have revealed how the Cross River State Government starves its 18 Local Government Councils of funds. The Local Governments are captured each month when the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) meets to share revenue generated from across the country in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory. And, claims that
By Ushang Ewa Amidst fears that there may be a surge in the number of out of school children due to harsh economic realities occasioned by the SARS-CoV-2, 50 students from 10 different secondary schools in Cross River State are set to benefit from a scholarship scheme. The students, according to the Teacher Essien Ita
By Patrick Obia Journalists have been beckoned at to synergize with all in gender based activities, for proper reportage of Gender Based Violence (GBV) incidences and convictions to ensure deterrence. Spotlight Initiatives on End Violence Against Women and Girls and Harmful Practices (VAWG/HG) stakeholders made the call at a media parley held in Calabar, the
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 CrossRiverWatch Admin A Tax Appeal Tribunal sitting in Benin, the Edo State capital, has ordered Union Bank Plc to pay the Cross River Internal Revenue Service (CRIRS) the total sum of NGN56.672,908.72 as outstanding withholding tax on interest expenses, penalty and interest thereon. The bank had on November 4th 2019, filed an appeal before
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