By Archibong Jeremiah The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) has commissioned a group of 25 journalists in Cross River State to beam their search light on matters of Internally Displaced Persons (IDP’s) in the State. Commissioning the group after a Media Dialogue on Internal Displacement in Nigeria with the journalists at Axari hotel Calabar,
By Archibong Jeremiah The construction of 50 units of 3 bedroom bungalows for Bakassi returnees is currently threatened as the state and the staff are at loggerheads. The project is behind schedule and the Commissioner for Social Housing, Mr. Edem Effiom whose ministry supervises the project told CrossRiverWatch that this was because: “The level of
By CrossRiverWatch Admin A former Chairman, Bakassi Local Government Area (2003-2007), Ani Esin, speaks on the fallout of alleged diversion of relief materials meant for the people of Bakassi, in this interview with MUDIAGA AFFE of Punch Newspaper In Calabar Before the allegation of diversion of relief materials, one would have thought that the Bakassi
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The plight of Bakassi indigenes has taken a turn for the worse as hundreds of them were chased out of Cameroon with many feared dead. Those of them who made it to Ikang in Cross Rivers State on Thursday arrived with tales of suffering and despair. They were among the Bakassi indigenes
By Charles Onunaiju The Bakassi people, Nigeria’s longest suffering political orphans, are sitting out in the cold, mediocre and squalid refugee camps for nearly two decades in a stretch and at best, what they get is official tears and emotionless stares from the rest of us. Their tragedy even preceded the mayhem of the North-East region,
By Archibong Jeremiah