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CALABAR: Civil Servants Protest Over Owed Salaries Enters Day 2

By CrossRiverWatch Admin The protest by civil servants engaged by the Cross River State in 2017 and 2018 continued on Wednesday at the Governor’s office complex in Calabar over the non payment of salaries despite working over the years. The protests began on Tuesday, with the leader of the civil servants Mr. David disclosing that

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Sex Slaves: NAPTIP Takes Over Case, To Rehabilitate Victims

By Hafeez Hanafi, Punch Newspaper The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Person, NAPTIP, has begun profiling 22 teenagers rescued from a brothel on the premises of Kolab Hotel on Ayetoro Road, Ogun State, with a view to rehabilitating them. The agency had also launched a manhunt for the syndicate involved in the

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#EndPoliceBrutality: Cross River Probe Panel End Sitting, Penned Down 42 Recommendation, Throws Out 18

By Patrick Obia and Rachel Idim “I am pleased to announce to you that whatever has a beginning has an end, I think today should be the end of our sitting. I came, I saw and I conquered. Let’s not say it’s a good end but a beautiful end. The panel has been one of

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#Report: Capital Budget Implementation Worst In Cross River, Ogun, Imo

By Oge Udegbunam and Mary Izuaka, Premium Times Twelve out of Nigeria’s 36 States paid the least attention to the implementation of real and people-impacting projects, classified as capital expenditure in the 2019 Budget, recording a less than 30 percent performance, a new report says. A report by the civic advocacy group, BudgIT, said among

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Wike Off Your Mic, Ayade Is Working – Group Warns, Suspect Parochialism

By Patrick Obia A group under the aegis of Cross River State Youth Success Institute (CRSYSI), have told Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State to stay clear off Cross River issues. The warning is in connection to the recent spite by the Rivers’ number one citizen where he posited that “I am not a 419

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VIDEO: Nyesom Wike Replies Ben Ayade, Says He’s Not A ‘419’ Governor

By Archibong Jeremiah The ongoing internal ranglig in the People’s Democratic Part, PDP, has taken a different dimension as Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has fired back at his Cross River State brother, Sen. Ben Ayade. Gov. Wike spared no rod while firing back at Sen. Ayade. Watch his reply below on CrossRiverWatch TV.

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Oku Iboku Crisis: Reps Seek Beef-Up Of Security In Coastal Areas

By Nicholas Kalu, The Nation Newspaper The House of Representatives has mandated its Committees on Army, Navy, Police and Interior to liaise with the Federal Government to set up a joint patrol team of the security agencies on the waterways to beef up security in the coastal areas. This followed a motion calling for intervention

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Panic In PDP As APC Woos Cross River, Zamfara, Bauchi Governors

By Eniola Akinkuotu, Punch Newspaper The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been thrown into panic following an attempt by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to bring in Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State, Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State and his Cross River State counterpart, Governor Ben Ayade, The Punch Newspaper has

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