By Ogar Monday Stakeholders, working with children, women and vulnerable persons have asked the Cross River State Government to come up with a policy that will provide free health services for survivors of sexual exploitation and abuse. The request was made at a meeting on the causes, effects, experiences of, and responses to sexual exploitation
By Ogar Monday A former youth leader of the People’s Democratic Party in Ward 3, Calabar South local government area of Cross River State, Mr. Augustine Sunday Bassey, popularly referred to as ‘Kufre’ who was arrested on July 10, 2017, for raping an 11 year old girl around the Lagos Street axis of Calabar South
By Archibong Jeremiah The Calabar Magistrates Court has remanded one Ms. Uduak Monday at the Calabar prison, Afokang for allegedly violating the rights of Master Okon Nse. Uduak, about 29 years appeared before the Magistrate in court room one on Monday 28th, November 2016 for allegedly pouring boiled water on the victim’s face in an
By Ogar Monday Prevent Abuse Against Children Today (PACT) Cross River State, a network of NGO’s with focus on child care has held a celebration in Calabar, the Cross River State capital in commemoration of the 2016 Universal Children’s Day. Speaking at the event, the Secretary of PACT, Mrs. Theresa Okpa said the event is