By Aniete Akpan, Guardian Newspaper Wilmar denies exploiting workers Government yet to wade in Communities in Cross River State have kicked against the exclusion of women in community land rights and the continuous marginalisation by multinational companies. They warned that if this trend does not stop, they would be forced to drag all the multinationals
By Archibong Jeremiah – Managing Editor, Jonathan Ugbal – News Editor, Patrick Obia – Reporter NMA accuse Government of politicization CSOs lament not being carried along Government decries conspiracy in high places The hullabaloos of why five confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Cross River State was not confirmed by the Nigeria Center for Disease Control
Introduction As the world keeps readjusting to the mew reality occasioned by the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS – CoV-2), concerns have been raised over the rhetoric put forward by governments across the world. First discovered in Wuhan province in China in December 2019, more than 10 million people have tested positive to
By CrossRiverWatch Admin “I am directed to convey your dismissal from the services of the Council with immediate effect,” was the first line of the letter dated July 31, 2006, signed by Hamisu Gambo for the then Executive Chairman of the Joint Maritime Labour Industrial Council (JOMALIC), Ahmed Tijjani Ramalan, and addressed to Mr. Stephen
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Some top politicians in Cross River State have been on rounds of frantic efforts trying to lobby the Nigeria Police Force, Cross River State Command to release one of the arrested gangerster and alleged kidnapper, Cyril Bassey, who was earlier declared wanted by the State Government alongside 34 others for involvement in
By Archibong Jeremiah The Director General, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu has said that no State in the country is COVID-19 free. Ihekweazu, said this at the 45th joint national briefing of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 on Monday in Abuja. According to him, a State can only talk
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Some Igbo traders have dared the Cross River State Government by ignoring it’s notice to boycott protest against security unrest in the State. The Igbo traders union in Cross River had directed it’s members to close their businesses for two days (Monday and Tuesday) as a protest against the current security challenges
By Patrick Obia Men of the Nigerian Army, Danare Operation Base, has shoot a native of Biajua Community, Anthony Bette Kajang in Boki Local Government Area of Cross River State, Nigeria. The incident occurred on Thursday morning, June 18, 2020 as a result of the ongoing land crisis between Biakwan and Biajua Communities (Boki) versus