By Patrick Obia The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Cross River State office has joined the rest of the world to commemorate 2022 International Human Rights Day, calling for an end to witchcraft branding and all forms of abuse. This year’s exercise with the theme “dignity, freedom and justice for all,” kicked off with a
By Patrick Obia “You are been raped and you are just helpless. I am a serving Chairman of APC, if I am not sure there is a guarantee that the next APC government will protect our forest, I have no business voting for them because this whole thing begins and ends on the desk of
By Archibong Jeremiah Nine months after a Federal High Court in Cross River State, ordered the Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba to obey and enforce a valid and subsisting judgment of the Magistrate Court in charge no. MC/53c/2019, the judgment has not been executed. The High Court which sat in Calabar, the State
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Local Government Chairman of Ogoja – Emmanuel Ishabor and the Chairman of Boki – John Ewa have both inaugurated a committee set up to look into the immediate and remote issues of a land dispute between Ndok Community of Ogoja and Njua community of Boki. Both communities have been at loggerheads
By The Nation Newspaper For the second consecutive time, the Cross River State High Court has ordered the Nigerian Police to arrest and produce a retired Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG), Joseph Mbu, for prosecution. The court specifically ordered the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Usman Alkali Baba to produce Mbu at its next
By Deborah Tolu-Kolawole The Federal Government on Monday said it has increased the number of disciplines in the Nigerian University System to 17. This was made known in a breakdown of the disciplines exclusively obtained by The Punch in Abuja on Monday. The Punch had earlier reported that the government, through the National Universities Commission
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Foremost fact-checking outfit, Dubawa, a brainchild of the Center for Journalism Innovation and Development, CJiD, has commenced its 2022/2023 Prof. Kwame Karikari Fact-Checking Fellowship. In a virtual training that marked the commencement of the fellowship, the Director of Operations, CJID, Oluwatosin Alagbe said the center is a “media innovation think-tank that promotes
By Bankole Able, ICIR The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has confirmed the arrest and detention of popular musician D’Banj, real name Oladipo Daniel Oyebanjo, in connection with investigations into alleged fraud in the N-Power program. The N-Power is a scheme established by President Muhammadu Buhari on June 8, 2016, to