By CrossRiverWatch Admin Men of the Nigerian Police Force has forcefully dispersed peaceful #June12 protesters in Calabar. They protesters were peacefully exercising their fundamental human rights before trips of Policemen numbering over 50 in over 7 Hilux van, masked appeared and fired teargas severally at the protesters. As at the time of filing this report,
By CrossRiverWatch Admin CrossRiverWatch undercover reporter has obtained video footage of troop of Policemen numbering over 15 positioned around the #June12 protest venue – secretariat of Association of Cross River Online Journalists (ACROJ) which houses the foremost investigative media in Cross River State. Watch…
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Police authorities just made a sharp u-turn and demanded Citizen Agba Jalingo, Mr. Jonathan Ugbal and Barrister James Ibor to return to the station. According to CrossRiverWatch intelligence report, the officer who called them back is one female ACP who’s details are being investigated requested for them. The ACP had invited
By Archibong Jeremiah CrossRiverWatch Editor-In-Chief and rights activist, Citizen Agba Jalingo has been arrested by the Cross River State command of the Nigerian Police Force over a fake petition that he is an arms dealer. He is currently been questioned at the State Criminal Investigation Department (CIID) of the Cross River Police Command. The Commissioner
In Part V, Section 30 of the Cross River State Traditional Rulers Law, it is illegal for our revered Traditional Rulers to participate in partisan politics. Take Particular Note Of Sub-section 1C And Sub-Section 3. Following those provisions, the Speaker of the State Assembly should either amend the law to allow our monarchs to play
By CrossRiverWatch Admin At least nine person’s including a former member of the Cross River State House of Assembly, Tom Agi were injured after they were hit by bullets fired from guns used by security officials attached to the defection rally of Alphonsus Ogar Eba, the Director General of the Cross River State Bureau of
By Patrick Obia Weeks after Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River defected from the People’s Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress (APC), more of his aides have resigned declining to defect with him. The Governor has also sacked another commissioner, Francis Etta who refused to defect with him. Among those who have resigned recently
This is a column by Ken Henshaw, Executive Director of We The People. WITTY THOUGHT is a brisk review of situations in Nigeria with intent to revive social consciousness. People who support the Twitter ban in Nigeria generally fall into two categories. The first are principally of Northern Nigeria extraction and die hard supporters of