By CrossRiverWatch Admin Residents of Mammy Market, the civilian settlement tucked inside Eburutu Barracks in Calabar, the Cross River State capital, say soldiers often arrive in the “deadly hours” of midnight, sometimes 1 am – 2 am, banging on doors with sticks and rods, dragging young and old from sleep, and hauling them to the
By Kelvin Ololo The Commissioner of Police in Cross River State, CP Rashid Afegbua, has charged newly promoted officers of the Command to regard their elevation as a call to higher responsibility, urging them to uphold professionalism, discipline and respect for human rights in the discharge of their duties. The charge was contained in a
By Favour Adinya Basic Rights Counsel Initiative (BRCI), a non-profit organization defending human rights and fight against Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in Cross River State and the Niger Delta region of Nigeria, has launched the Regulations and Guidelines for Alternative Care in the state. The event, held in partnership with UNICEF, ActionAid Nigeria, Safe Child Africa,
By Godwin Ajom As the fight against human rights violations continues to gain momentum across Nigeria, a nongovernmental organization, the Cleen Foundation, in collaboration with the media, Civic Society Organizations, the government, and partners, has launched a Human Rights Violations Management Information System (HRMIS) in Calabar, Cross River State. The HRMIS platform is developed to
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The publisher of CrossRiverWatch and founder of the Agba Jalingo Foundation for Investigative and Accountability Journalism, (AJFIAJ) has lauded journalists across the globe on World Press Freedom Day. AJFIAJ founder, Citizen Agba Jalingo in a statement said marking the day is essential, especially in Cross River. He said, “Press freedom is essential
By Patrick Obia About 15 years after Nigeria finally ceded Bakassi peninsula to Cameroon, Nigerians left behind in the area have continued to face neglect from the Nigerian government. Their abandonment becomes more apparent during the just-conducted presidential and national assembly elections. Out of the 70 polling units in the area, voting took place in
By Alex Binley, BBC News A rule banning unmarried Nigerian police officers from getting pregnant and ensured their sacking if they did, has been scrapped. In a landmark case, a judge ruled the regulation was discriminatory as it did not apply to male officers who got co-workers pregnant. The case was brought by a corporal
By Adejumo Kabir, HumAngle Isoko Eta, 42, sat quietly in front of his burnt house. He had just swept the surroundings of his late wife’s grave and was thinking about how to raise their newborn twins. HumAngle learnt that Eta’s wife, Joy, died of shock from Nigerian soldiers’ gunshots while trying to give birth on