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Funmi Iyanda Surveys Sex Slavery In Cross River State On Episode 5 Of “Public Eye”

By CrossRiverWatch Admin Modern-day sex slavery takes on many forms. In the Keyi community of Cross River State, it is Okenegoro — a practice in which young girls, at birth…… as young as five years old, become “brides” to older men to repay debts. This horrid practice turns girls into de facto slaves stripped of

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#EndPoliceBrutality: Cross River Probe Panel Disregard Jurisdiction Suit By Police, Adjourns To Next Week

By Patrick Obia and Rachel Idim The issue of jurisdiction has popped up again in the ongoing panel of Inquiry into Police Brutality and Restitution sitting in Cross River State. The Police led by DSP Tehemba Dennis, had questioned the jurisdiction of the probe panel in the November 19, 2020 sitting which resulted to heated

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Calabar: Man, 47 Convicted For Raping 14 Year Old Step Daughter

By CrossRiverWatch Admin A family court sitting in Calabar, the Cross River State capital and presided over by the Acting Chief Judge of the State’s High Court, Justice Eyo Ita has convicted Emmanuel Thompson Udo, 47 for raping his 14 year old step daughter. The incident occured at his residence, 45 Afokang street in Calabar

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#Insecurity: Governor Ben Ayade Launches Operations Akpakwu

By Archibong Jeremiah The Cross River State Governor, Sen. Ben Ayade has just launched “Operations Akpakwu” to contain the rapid growth of crime in the State. The State in recent times has become a safe haven for kidnapping and other crimes. Personnel are drawn from the Army, Navy, Air Force and Civil Defence. To enhance

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Do Your Job As Governor Or Resign Immediately BY FELIX ASUQUO

The Governor Cross River State Calabar Your Excellency Permit me to address you at this time in which the security of our dear state stands threatened and at the brink of total collapse. I write to you as a security expert, who despite practicing in the US is still in touch with his beloved State

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#EndSARS: UK Based Cross Riverian Writes Parliamenarian Seeking Sanctions For Public Officials

By Ushang Ewa Iso Bassey, a Cross Riverian based in the United Kingdom, has written a Member of Parliament, Jackie Doyle-Price representing Thurrock to lend her voice in the debate by the parliament on allegations of the brutality by law enforcement agencies in Nigeria during the #EndSARS protests in October. Mr. Bassey in his letter

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Cross River APC Disowns Hillard Eta Over Suit

By Jide Orintunsin, The Nation Newspaper Cross River chapter of the APC where Ntufam Hillard Eta hails from on Sunday distanced itself from the legal action filed against the Gov. Mai Buni- led CECPC. The party, in a statement jointly signed by its chairman, Sen. Mathew T. Mbu and Minister of State for Power, Prince

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UPDATED: Murdered ACP Is A Relative Of Cross River Deputy Governor

By CrossRiverWatch Admin CrossRiverWatch has obtained from sources, more details of the Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) murdered in the early hours of Wednesday in Calabar. ACP Egbe Eko Edum, a native of Abi Local Government Area in central Cross River, is said to be the nephew of Cross River Deputy Governor, Professor Ivara Esu.

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