By CrossRiverWatch Admin Some Civil Servants in Cross River State on Tuesday protested the alleged removal of their names from the State’s payroll. The protesters barricaded the State Governor’s office, Sen. Ben Ayade after they stormed the office of the State Accountant-General. The affected Civil Servants include over 500 Science teachers, 40 lawyers, ICT workers
By Araga Blessing The Chairman, Association of Cross River Online Journalists (ACROJ), Comrade Darlington Edem, has bid fair well to his father, late Mr. Darlington Offiong Awatt, who passed on to eternal glory at seventy-two (72) years. The ACROJ Chairman who took to his Facebook handle to pour out his heart, said, “Dear father, this
By Patrick Obia And Araga Blessing Following the World Day to End Impunity and Crimes Against Journalists on 2nd November every year, veteran journalists, Richard Akinnola and Cletus Ukpong, have called on practicing journalists to put in their best and not allow financial benefits be their focus. The veterans gave the admonition while speaking as
By Ovatitomi Ibingha The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Calabar Branch, Cross River State has condemned in strong terms the purported inauguration of new members of the State Judicial Service Commission by the Governor, Sen. Ben Ayade represented by his deputy Ivara Esu. The body in a press statement jointly signed by it Chairman and Secretary,
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Cross River State House of Assembly has recently permitted the State Governor Sen. Ben Ayade to borrow N1,519,884,078.86 (one billion, five hundred and nineteen million, eight hundred and eighty-four thousand, seventy-eight naira and eighty-six kobo) only. Ayade who wrote to the Assembly said the loan “is to enable Government meet its
By Archibong Jeremiah Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an open letter to the US President, Donald Trump asking him to exercise his constitutional powers “pursuant to the Presidential Proclamations 7750 and 8697 to instruct the US Secretary of State and US Ambassador in Nigeria to temporarily ban Nigerian State Governors and other
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade has disengaged and terminated the employment of 40 Law Officers serving in the State Ministry of Justice. The affected law officers were employed in December 2016, about three years ago, after a rigorous employment process which was reported in various newspapers and outlets nationwide. Over
By CrossRiverWatch Admim Some African human rights groups have called for a reform of Nigeria’s criminal justice system to rescue the people from arbitrariness and denial of fundamental rights. They said the system, as it is currently, is corrupt and subjects the people to arbitrary arrests, illegal detention and an erosion of their fundamental human