has been going to sit by the roadside along Ekorinim by First Bank Road, near the State Ministry of Works, to see if she can grab the attention of the State Governor who passes through that road to work.
A coalition of rights groups and individuals based in Nigeria and the United Kingdom who had dubbed the unfortunate incident as “Another Calabar 5” had in a statement explained that Mrs. Eyo “after telling the youth that she was not a witch, she was beaten mercilessly with machetes, sticks, and cudgels. She was also sexually
By Sylvia Akpan Listen To The Report Two teenagers, unnamed, were last weekend in Calabar, rescued and accommodated by a not-for-profit organization, the Basic Rights Counsel Initiative, BRCI following reports of sexual and physical abuse by their father, Linus Samuel Sunday Ukum. Mr. Ukum, 40, a plumber and native of Nsit – Ubium Local Government
By Patrick Obia To reduce cases of gender based violence (GBV), journalists have a critical role to play in their style of reportage said civic space actors at a training workshop for journalists in Calabar, the Cross River State capital earlier this week. The training was organised by the Coalition for the Promotion of Gender
By Itam Offor, Agency Report The Cross River State House of Assembly on Wednesday, passed into law the disability (full integration) bill 2021 in what may be its last session for the year. The bill was passed after the House considered the report of the joint committee on judiciary, public service matters, public petitions and
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Dr. Idem Etuk Samuel, the Chief Executive Officer of Mount Zion Medical Center in Calabar, the Cross River State capital, has been accused of defiling a 15-year-old teenager in his clinic. The Basic Rights Counsel Initiative, in a letter dated November 9, 2021 and addressed to the Commissioner of Police in Cross
By Ogar Monday Two children accused of witchcraft, Aniema (surname withheld) age 10 and Mary (surname withheld) age 13 have narrated their ordeal and their near death experience in the hands of their accusers, August 2016 in Akpabuyo Local Government of Cross River State. The children, whom CrossRiverWatch tracked to Asanting village in Ikono local
By Archibong Jeremiah The Cross River State Attorney General, Barrister Joe Abang has been accused of allegedly collecting two million naira bribe to bend the hand of justice in favor of some indicted policemen involved in the extra judicial killing of one Stanley Etim. The accusation was made by James Ibor, Esq. Principal Officer Basic