There are three tiers of government – Federal, State, and LGA. There are over 40 ministries and there are hundreds of MDAs and Parastatals. We also have the security services, the military, and the paramilitary as well as the foreign service. All these structures of government were specifically created to SERVE us the citizens, diligently.
By Mary Bassey Listen To The Report Mr. Christian Chinedu Andrew has narrated how he was abducted and duped by someone he tried to help, detained, and extorted by the Police. He narrated his ordeal through a post on his Facebook wall. According to him, “I wouldn’t have been alive today if not for God,
By Patrick Obia The principal of West African People’s Institute, Mrs. Mercy Donatus Etim has said the allegation of extortion from students is a fallacy, untrue and baseless. Mrs. Donatus made the assertion when fielding questions from CrossRiverWatch after a fact-finding visit by the State Commissioner for Quality Education, Dr. Amanke Ebunshua. The Commissioner earlier
Thank you Commissioner Amanke for your kind response. I commend you in particular because it has proven difficult, in seven years, for Governor Ben Ayade’s officials to answer to public queries without becoming confrontational, abusive and condescending. You avoided all that in your response and I need to point that out and say, God bless
By Emmanuel Uti, FIJ Emeka Okoro, a crypto trader based in Cross River State, has narrated how officers attached to the Akim Police Station in Calabar extorted N1.7 million from him in three weeks. On November 10, Okoro heard a strange knock at the door of his newly rented apartment in the Akim area of
By Sylvia Felix And Glorita Agba The Management of University of Calabar (UNICAL) has relieved Prof. Obeten Ekabua as the Head of Department of Computer Science in the institution. The Vice Chancellor, Prof. Florence Obi gave the approval with immediate effect after Prof. Obeten was alleged to have extort students in his department. A memo
By Patrick Obia Our newsroom confirmed that, following the picketing and shutdown of the Cross River State Secretariat by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), the office of Head of Service has began refunding the ₦25,000 extorted from Directors. Sources from the NLC disclosed this to CrossRiverWatch saying, the “HOS led by Mrs. Geraldine Akpet-Ekanem succumbed to
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