By BBC News Africa BBC Africa Eye goes undercover to expose an ineffective and corrupt pension system in Nigeria, which leaves some elderly people sick and penniless, yet grants some politicians inflated retirement packages. Reporter Yemisi Adegoke travels to Cross River State to meet ‘Ghost Pensioners’ elderly people whom the State declared dead and deprived
By Tope Templer Olaiya, News Editor – Guardian Newspaper Today, workers across the country will observe a public holiday to mark this year’s International Workers’ Day, but across the country, only a negligible few, in spite of the avalanche of goodwill messages and promises made on Labour Day, are looking forward to a promising future. This
By Patrick Obia and Maxwell Effiong Association of Cross River Online Journalists (ACROJ) has urged the Federal Government of Nigeria and Cross River State Government to drop all charges against journalists standing trial for doing their job. The union of online journalists practicing in Cross River State made the call in a statement issued by
By Jonathan Ugbal The Cross River State Government has directed heads of public schools to publish on notice boards, “approved charges” to be paid by parents and guardians. The move, CrossRiverWatch learnt, is a response to an investigation into the systematic extortion of parents and guardians by this Newspaper with support from the Socio-economic Rights
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Residents of Calabar and its environs have been sharing and discussing in low tones, the contents of an audio file shared on a messaging service social media platform, WhatsApp, wherein, a lady claims that due to militants incursion into the city, there will be a curfew of some sorts, hence the need
By Archibong Jeremiah and Patrick Obia The Cross River State Chapter Chairman of National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) Mr. Daniel Obo has stated that youths are not properly motivated in politics. Obo in an interview with CrossRiverWatch TV said the society is yet to get it right in terms of youth’s involvement in politics.
By Premium Times The ECOWAS Court of Justice has fixed June 29, 2021 for judgment in a suit challenging the “unlawful” arrest and prosecution of a Nigerian journalist and publisher, Agba Jalingo, under the cybercrime, terrorism and criminal code laws. The suit was instituted by a civil society group, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF) in collaboration with the POP (Protect Our Planet) Movement, Transformation Home Africa, Deep Root Academy, The University of Calabar and YALI Cross River State recently marked the 2021 World Earth Day with the theme: Restore Our Earth. The event which was a week-long event (Monday 19 –