OPEN LETTER OF OGOJA PROFESSIONALS TO HIS EXCELLENCY SENATOR BEN AYADE, EXECUTIVE GOVERNOR, CROSS RIVER STATE. Dear Senator Ben Ayade, We the professionals from Ogoja met today 2nd April, 2020 online and considered the political development in the State and several indices of development and arrived at the following resolutions. 1. We sincerely appreciate you for
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Cross River chapter, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to declare a state of emergency on security in Cross River. Chairman of NMA in the State, Dr. Agam Ayuk, made the call on Friday during a peaceful protest to demand the release of the wife of their
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State has reiterated his confidence in President Muhammadu Buhari leadership. Ayade in an interview from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, where he accompanied president Buhari to the ongoing 33rd ordinary session of Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU). He adjudged Buhari to have deep
By CrossRiverWatch Admin President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, ahead of the 33rd Ordinary Session of Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU). The Daily Times reports that President’s Personal Assistant on New Media, Bashir Ahmed, confirmed this development on his Twitter account on Friday evening. The Nigerian leader, who
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Human Rights group, Amnesty International has said that the federal government and the Cross River State government are manipulating the Nigerian criminal justice system to repress dissenting voices in violation of the 1999 constitution as amended as well as international and regional human rights treaties. Amnesty International also said that the continuous
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The immediate past Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen, has been barred from travelling out of the country by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). Saturday PUNCH reports that the move may be part of a fresh probe into Onnoghen’s affairs. Onnoghen was convicted for not declaring his assets by the Code
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Amnesty International Nigeria has called on the Federal Government to unconditionally release prisoners of conscience, Omoyele Sowore, Olawale Bakare and Agba Jalingo. Speaking at the Amnesty International Nigeria Human Rights Festival, Country Director Osai Ojigho says, although Nigeria has been able to put laws in place to protect the rights of it’s
“As a symbolic demonstration of our protest against autocracy and military-style repression, PUNCH (all our print newspapers, The PUNCH, Saturday PUNCH, Sunday PUNCH, PUNCH Sports Extra, and digital platforms, most especially Punchng.com) will henceforth prefix Buhari’s name with his rank as a military dictator in the 80s, Major General, and refer to his administration as