By Sylvia Akpan The victims of the 2020 #EndSARS protests in Calabar and other parts of Cross River have cried out for compensation nearly four years after their properties and businesses were vandalized. Counsel to the victims, Barrister Ituen Ukpono, has written to the government, highlighting their clients’ plight. “The hope and aspirations of many
Part of the recommendations contained in the 69 page report of the Senator Ibrahim Gobir, chaired Senate Joint Committee on National Security and Intelligence; Defence; Police Affairs; Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters on the mayhem visited on Calabar during the EndSARS Protest on 23rd and 24th of October, 2020, and published February 1, 2022,
By Godwin Ajom The Government of Cross River State, has warned youths in the State against joining the proposed planned nationwide protest against hardship and bad governance. Nigerians are expressing displeasure against the government of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, which they noted has brought untold hardship, inflation, devaluation of the Naira, cost of living, and
By Godwin Otang The Jokaina Deck of the National Association of Seadogs, Pyrates Confraternity in Calabar has called on the civilian population to support the Nigerian Police Force to ensure a more secure Cross River State. This was the focus of the now concluded week of advocacy by the Deck which featured a radio tour,
By Henry Umoru, Vanguard Newspaper The Senate has disclosed that the Federal Government agencies, the Cross River Government and some private individuals lost property worth over N45 billion to the #EndSARS protest in the State. The Senate said yesterday that the financial value of the vandalized properties/items were also submitted by the affected persons verified
By Ike Uchechukwu, Vanguard News Nigeria The Cross River Police Command on Friday warned that it will no longer condone any form of street protest by any group in the State, stressing that a lot of strange elements were waiting to leverage on such avenues to carry out mayhem. The Commissioner of Police, CP Sikiru
By Lawrence Njoku (Enugu), Anietie Akpan (Calabar), Odita Sunday and Tobi Awodipe (Lagos), Osiberoha Osibe Awkas Ogugbuaja (Owerri) – The Guardian • In Enugu, Anambra, Officers Desert Streets, Checkpoints, Disguise To Operate • Our Morale Is Low After #EndSARS, Officers Lament • ‘I Am Ready To Resign If I Can Get Another Job’ • Prepare
By Ada Wodu, Punch Newspaper Scores of gangsters have been killed in a renewed cult war in the Akpabuyo and Bakassi Local Government Areas of Cross River State. It was gathered that three suspected gangs dominant in the area include Skylo, Mafia and Black Scorpion. They were said to have been attacking one another since