By CrossRiverWatch Admin Information reaching our newsroom has it that minutes ago a crisis broke out between two Yala communities in Cross River State. A native of one of the communities reached out to our newsroom. The communities fighting are Benekaba and Ujama, Ukelle South. Four persons were shot and are in critical condition in
By Patrick Obia Two brother communities at loggerheads over a land dispute in Obubra, central Cross River State – Ofatura and Ovonum have been begged to sheath their swords and embrace peace. They were enjoined to love themselves as brothers and sisters in a mediation visit by the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) led
TOPIC The Obubra Conflict And Communal Crisis In Cross River: Remote Causes And Sustainable Solutions. INTRODUCTION A conflict is usually defined as an argument that has become protracted. As a verb, it loosely means a clash and exists in different forms across all facets of human existence. In Cross River State, one form of conflict
By Adejumo Kabir, HumAngle Isoko Eta, 42, sat quietly in front of his burnt house. He had just swept the surroundings of his late wife’s grave and was thinking about how to raise their newborn twins. HumAngle learnt that Eta’s wife, Joy, died of shock from Nigerian soldiers’ gunshots while trying to give birth on
Listen To The Article It is becoming prevalent that there is hardly a local government and community in Cross River State that could boldly say it has not had one form of strife or violent face-off with its neighbors and groups over disagreement on land issues or other mundane matters. Resorting to conflict and violence
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Listen To The Report As the invasion of Nko community in Yakurr Local Government Area by men of the Nigerian Army continues to attract public rebuke, Governor Ben Ayade has ordered the State Commissioner of Police, and other Service Chiefs to move into the community with immediate effect. Though the reason for
By Jonathan Ugbal Listen To The Report The Nko people of Yakurr Local Government Area in Cross River State have lamented the devastating impact of the raid on their community by troops of the Nigerian Army following renewed hostilities with neighboring Onyadama community of Obubra LGA. The community told newsmen in Calabar on Wednesday that
By Patrick Obia Listen To The Report Information reaching our newsroom has it that soldiers of the Nigerian Army have raided Nko community in Yakurr Local Government Area of Cross River State, killing two and injuring many others. The soldiers were drafted from nearby Edor barracks in Ikom to quell the communal war between Nko