By Sylvia Akpan Basic Rights Counsel Initiative (BRCI) , a nonprofit organization in partnership with the Coalition of Youth Serving NGOs and Individuals, has marked the International Day for Street Children in Calabar, Cross River State. The International Day for Street Children, observed every year on April 12th, aims to raise awareness about the challenges
By Mary Bassey Child Protection Network (CPN) Nigeria, Cross River State chapter has called for calm and due process in the leadership succession saga that has beclouded the Department of Social Welfare, Ministry of Humanity and Social Welfare (MHSW) in the State. The call was made in a letter signed and made available by CPN’s
By Ogar Monday A 76-year-old woman has narrated how some members of her community in Isong-Inyang in Akamkpa Local Government Area, and family members tried killing her and eventually threw her out of her property on the accusation of being a witch. Mrs. Affiong Abritam, a Traditional Birth Attendant (TBA), said trouble started for her
By Ogar Monday A team of volunteers from Project Alert, Basic Rights Counsel Initiative, BRCI, and the Cross River State chapter of Child Protection Network (CPN) has rescued a 6-year-old girl (name withheld) branded a witch by her father, a Police officer. She was locked up in a store in Okurikang, Odukpani Local Government Area
By Ike Uchechukwu, Vanguard Newspaper A 73-year-old retired army Captain, Bassey Ekanem has raped his 4-year-old niece in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. The incident Vanguard gathered occurred at 12 Edim Ibangaha Street, Big Qua Town, Calabar. Vanguard also learned that the suspect claimed he was under the influence of alcohol and couldn’t understand
By Violet Isek A non-governmental organization in Calabar, Child Protection Network (CPN), has rescued a 2-year old child (name withheld) in Akamkpa Local Government Area of Cross River State. The child was rescued in a critical condition and taken to Basic Rights Counsel Initiative, after she had been punished severely and burnt by her uncle