By Bankole Abe, ICIR In an attempt to appease the Ogoni people of Rivers State for long years of deprivation, injustice and neglect, President Muhammadu Buhari has said that his administration is prepared to give a posthumous pardon to late activist and playwright Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight others hanged by late dictator, Sani Abacha. The
Weekend File is a news review program on CrossRiverWatch television and radio that delves deep beyond the headlines, news, views and analysis that dominated public discourse within the week in Cross River State and the Niger Delta region. In this week’s episode, Mr. Frankie Ifop, Publisher of The Paradise News was our guest. Thank you for
Weekend File is a news program on CrossRiverWatch television and radio that delves deep beyond the headlines, news, views and analysis that dominated public discourse within the week in Cross River State and the Niger Delta region. Our guest for this episode (1) is Darlington Edem, journalist and publisher of The Parchment. He is the
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Members of the House of Representatives from the Niger Delta region are currently spoiling for war with the leadership of the National Assembly over the reduction of host community funds from 5% to 3% in the harmonised version of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) SaharaReporters learnt that it has been a rowdy
By Chukwudi Akasike, The Punch Newspapers The Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, has called on the Federal Government to demonstrate sincerity in tackling insecurity in the country. PANDEF said this was necessary in order to prove the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu wrong in his allegations that there was bias
By Arinze Chijioke, International Policy Digest Arinze Chijioke traveled to Opuama, a community in Nigeria’s Delta State, to report on the impact of an oil spill that had devastated many local families. The time was 10 am in late March. Over 60 women, old and young, gathered outside the house of 90-year-old Julius Loboh, the
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Fifth term federal lawmaker and Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Niger Delta Affairs, Essien Ayi has accused t he presidency of aiding illegality over the non inauguration of the board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Mr. Ayi also faulted the Niger Delta Affairs minister, Godswill Akpabio’s claim
This is a column by Ken Henshaw, Executive Director of We The People. WITTY THOUGHT is a brisk review of situations in Nigeria with intent to revive social consciousness. That people are on radio and social media calling that travesty that happened on Saturday in Rivers State an election, shocks me. As expected, the PDP