By Etido Okon And Jarigbe Isaac The All Progressive Congress (APC), Cross River State chapter will tomorrow Saturday 17, 2022 conduct the central senatorial district rerun primary election. Justice Fadimatu Aminu of the Federal High Court, Abuja, last week declared the APC’s senatorial primary which produced the Speaker of the Cross River State House of
By Jonathan Ugbal The Policy and Legal Advocacy Center, PLAC has called for an end to anti-democratic laws by State Governments in Nigeria, urging the Federal Government to stop such practices as they lead to the violation of human rights. PLAC’s Executive Director, Clement Nwankow made the call in Abuja while presenting the 2022 human
In Nigeria, most of the veterans of our struggle for independence were all young journalists who later transformed into politicians and joined political movements to seek office. I’ve been approached several times by concerned persons who feel that as a journalist, I am supposed to stay out of politics and concentrate on investigating and writing
By Francis Annagu, Florence Kekong and Farah Jolly In the Cross River State Rainforest, an average of 250 tons of timber is harvested daily; in 10 days, 2,500 tons are lost and within a year 91,250 tons of timber leave the State. As a result of deforestation, small trees and other forest products are destroyed.
By Ogar Monday The police in Cross River State on Tuesday, December 12, 2022, recovered the body of 5 persons who were beaten to death on the accusation of being witches by some youths from Ndong Nwong Community in Odukpani Local Government Area of the State. The deceased are three women and two men – Iquo
By Elijah Akoji, SolaceBase This investigation by SolaceBase reveals an attempt by the main opposition political party in Kano State, the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP), to compromise the 2023 general election by recruiting party agents for the collection of voters’ card data and a picture of the voters’ card of Nigerians, particularly in rural communities.
By Godwin Otang An Appeal Court sitting in Calabar has upheld the ruling of the Federal High court, Calabar, which declared Senator Bassey Otu, as the authentic candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Cross River State. Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court, Calabar, had delivered a judgment on suit number FHC/CA/CS/106/2022
By Etido Okon The foremost investigative media outfit in Cross River State, CrossRiverWatch has admitted a new set of Industrial Training (IT) students. As it is a tradition for higher institutions to send out students of various departments for industrial attachment to get practical experience as part of mandatory course fulfillment, the online media outlet