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BREAKING: Defunct ITM Ugep Staff Owed Four Months Salaries, Take Protest To Governors Office In Calabar

Upon arrival, some Union leaders were invited inside to wait for the Governor, Bassey Edet Otu, while other members continued protesting at the gate with security officials instructing them not to obstruct traffic flow into the office.

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How The Attack On CrossRiverWatch Threatens Press Freedom In Cross River

By Ogar Monday In the dim light of early morning on August 22, 2019, armed men stormed Agba Jalingo’s Lagos residence. His wife and daughter barely had time to react before the shouting began. The founder and publisher of CrossRiverWatch was dragged away by security forces, his family left stunned and terrified. “I knew the

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Police Arrest Church Founder For Blinding Teenager With A Punch In Calabar

He eventually took her, after much delay, to a pharmacy along Marian (Ndidem Usang-Iso) road, and when they couldn't handle it, he reluctantly took her to UCTH where he was rude to those on duty and abandoned her for two weeks until he was arrested last weekend

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Detained, Assaulted: Inside Journalists Harrowing Encounters With Security Agents In Kaduna

By Bankole Abe, The ICIR SEVERAL journalists based in Kaduna have shared accounts of alleged harassment, detention, and physical assault by security agencies – particularly the police – raising fresh concerns about press freedom and journalist safety in Nigeria. Their experiences, spanning years and multiple incidents, underscore the ongoing tensions between the media and law

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Price For Exposing Corruption: Kwara Newsroom Under Legal Siege

By Abdullahi Muritala, ICIR INFORMANT247, a digital newsroom, has faced a troubling pattern of intimidation and harassment over exposing corruption in Kwara State. A notable example occurred in February 2024 when the Rector of Kwara State Polytechnic, Abdul Jimoh Muhammed, an engineer, filed a petition to the Kwara State police headquarters leading to the arrest

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JUST IN: Police Arrest 3 Nurses In Cross River For Treating ‘Stranger’

By Jonathan Ugbal The Cross River State Police Command on Monday arrested three yet to be identified nurses after a relative of a patient who died reported theft of a sim card. The three nurses, stationed at the Accident and Emergency Department of the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital were asked to provide care after

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Why They Hate Social Media…BY AGBA JALINGO

Before Satellite TV came, we all had only one or at most two TV stations to watch. NTA and State broadcasting corporations. The multiple options we have today did not exist. In fact, the state-owned media stations open by 12 noon and close broadcasts by 12midnight. The radio waves weren’t different either. It was the

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JUST IN: UNICROSS Committee Begins Sitting To ‘Investigate’ 19 Days After Suspending Seven Students

By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Students Disciplinary Committee, SDC of the University of Cross River State, UNICROSS has finally begun sitting to investigate the activities of seven students who were suspended by the varsity’s management who claimed they led a demonstration against its “No Fees, No Exams” policy. The students are Emmanuel Olom – 20/CSC/109 Computer

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