By Mary Bassey, House of Assembly Correspondent The Cross River State 10th House of Assembly has decided to take major step to curb human trafficking in the state. The Bill, “Trafficking in Persons (Prohibition) Bill, 2025,” is sponsored by Hon. Brian Odey Yala 1 State Constituency, seeks to provide a strong legal framework to prevent
By Sylvia Akpan And Favour William Cross River Lawmakers have called on the state government through the Ministry of Works and Infrastructure to carry out intervention works on the Ugboro-Abuochiche-Gakem road in Bekwarra Local Government Area of the state. The Lawmakers maintained that the intervention works will greatly ameliorate the sufferings of commuters on that
By Godwin Otang, Tribune Newspaper It is 16 months already, a year and 4 months after the death of Nigeria’s ex-Senate President Joseph Wayas, whose burial is still pending, over alleged logistic and financial setbacks, Nigerian Tribune reports. Although many have expressed worry over the delay in conducting the burial of the former Senate President,
By Mary Bassey Listen To The Report The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Cross River has appealed against the judgment of the Federal High Court, Abuja that sacked 20 lawmakers in the State. Mr. Christian Ita, Special Adviser Media, and Publicity to the Governor disclosed this in a statement made available to our newsroom. Also,
Being the second of a three-part series by the author… The year has all but come to an end. I have decided to do a tripartite series on the politicians who deserve carrots and those who need sticks based on their outputs in 2019. The Carrot… There has been a lot of politicking this year
By Jonathan Ugbal Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Abuja told state legislatures that the delay in their autonomy was constrained by the constitution of the country. According to the a statement signed by his spokesman, Femi Adesina, the president said the constitution upholds the standard for all public officers and institutional operations. He
by crossriverwatch admin A Human Rights Activist and Legal Practitioner, Barrister Okoi Obono Obla has written to the Speaker of the Cross River State House of Assembly, Rt. Honorable Larry Okori Odey demanding information concerning the recent trip of the Assembly members to the United States of America. CrossRiverWatch had reported last week that the
by crossriverwatch admin One of the key areas proposed by the National Assembly in its ongoing effort to amend the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 is the provisions of the Constitution relating to the functions and responsibilities of Local Government Councils in the Country. The functions of a Local Government Councils by