By Wisdom Okon A sixteen-year-old girl, Miss Cynthia Udoh (not her real name) who narrowly escaped being raped shares her experience with CrossRiverWatch. Narrating her ordeal she blamed her plight on the lack of social amenities such as street lights, security, and insufficient water facilities in Atakpa market in Calabar South and environ where she
By Godwin Otang Former members of the Cross River State House of Assembly have approached the National Industrial Court in Calabar, seeking an order of injunction to stop the implementation of allowances for some public office holders in the state. The order of injunction if secured will stop the State Governor, House of Assembly, and
TOPIC Repressive Cultures And The Money Woman Practice In Cross River State: Realistic Solutions. INTRODUCTION A repressive culture according to reverso means putting a group of people into a state of subjugation. Also known as cultural repression, these practices deny victims of their rights and lead to stereotyping which is often harmful. There are different
By Archibong Jeremiah Becheve Youth Elites Association (BYEA) has denied the existence of the “Money Wife” practice in Obanliku local government area of Cross River State. The group in a press release said the Prime Progress report showing that the practice is still practiced and survivors are in dire need of help is staged. They
By Sylvia Akpan, Government House Correspondent The Governor of Cross River, Sen. Bassey Edet Otu has warned against the practice of jungle justice in the State. Gov. Otu also ordered the Police to arrest and prosecute the alleged killers of Mrs. Martina Okey Itagbor of Old Netim in Akampka Local Government Area. The directive was
By Jeremiah Archibong Becheve is a clan of 16 communities in Cross River State, Nigeria. It hosts the famous Obudu Cattle Ranch and the Obudu Mountain Resort, two of the state’s biggest tourism centres. But inside Becheve is also a very terrible and harmful culture where parents and relatives give out girls as young as
By Sylvia Akpan, Government House Correspondent Cross River State Governor, Sen. Bassey Otu has reiterated his administration’s commitment to fighting illegal logging and other adverse environmental activities in the state. According to a press release by Mr. Emmanuel Ogbeche, Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, he made this known during an on-the- spot-inspection of 32
By Jonathan Ugbal Youths and concerned indigenes of Ijiraga community in Ukelle, Yala Local Government Area this morning intercepted and stopped a convoy of about 17 trucks conveying illegally logged woods from forests in Cross River State and heading towards Abakaliki, Ebonyi State. A source abreast of the matter told this reporter that after the