By Kelvin Ololo As Nigerians celebrate the 2025 Democracy Day, the Cross River State Police Command has banned any form of unauthorized procession, protest and gathering across the 18 local Government Areas of the State. The ban was announced by the Commissioner of Police CP Olusegun E. Omosanyin, in a press statement signed by the
Despite existing clichés such as, "the worst form of democracy is better than the best form of dictatorship," being bandied, and the new democracy day celebration just two days away, questions such as; is life better now under the democratic dispensation than in the past? Have been asked
By Sylvia Akpan, Government House Correspondent The governor of Cross River State, Sen. Bassey Edet Otu has urged Nigerians to support the current administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Sen. Otu made the call while commemorating June 12, democracy day. In a release he signed, he thanked Cross Riverians for the mandate given to him.
You locked me up in jail for the first time for six months for doing nothing to you. You put me on a three years trial for horrible crimes like terrorism, treasonable felony, cultism, and an attempt to overthrow the government. My younger brother, Agbibia, who worked with me, died while you incarcerated me and
By Henry Ojelu, Vanguard Newspaper The Nigeria Army, Police and State Security Service continued to torture and ill-treat detainees throughout the year 2019. Communal violence continued in some parts of the country. Freedoms of assembly, association and expression were all under attack as the country witnessed an increasing shrinking of civic space. The government also
By CrossRiverWatch Admin No home was allocated. No representative or message from the Governor. Our newsroom has obtained a video clip of how how boys hijacked refreshment at the Bakassi IDP estate (Cross River State) which was supposed to be allocated to beneficiaries yesterday by Governor Ben Ayade who didn’t show up and sent no
By Archibong Jeremiah No Home Was Allocated. Information from CrossRiverWatch reporters who went to the Bakassi IDP estate which was supposed to be allocated to beneficiaries today by Governor Ben Ayade (Cross River State) say the event did not take place as planned. A statement yesterday from the State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Mr.
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Yesterday, the President and Governors around the country celebrated June 12 Democracy Day National holiday; some with public activities and rallies, some with media statements calling on their electorate to continue to have faith in democracy and in Nigeria. In Cross River State there was no celebration of June 12 Democracy Day