By Kelvin Ololo The Cross River State Deaf Sports Association (CRSDSA) has suspended its planned protest over the government’s delayed support for the team’s participation in the 6th National Deaf Football Championship scheduled for November 18 to 29, 2025, in Jos, Plateau State. The decision came after a decisive engagement with the Senior Special Adviser
By Kelvin Ololo Indigenes of Henshew town Council have took to the street to peacefully protest for the removal of the Paramount Ruler of Calabar South Local Government Area of Cross River State, His Royal Highness Etubom Nyong Effiom Okon. The protest which was stage to drawn the attention of the State Governor Sen. Bassey
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Police retirees in Cross River State, on Monday July 21, 2025 staged a peaceful protest to press home their demands. The retired police officers converged at millennium park, Calabar at 10am to protest for radical police reforms. Watch video below: Areas they demand for reform include Police Pension Scheme, proper welfare package,
By Godwin Ajom Barely two days after farmers in Etomi Community, Etung Local Government Area of Cross River State staged a protest against the planned privatization of government cocoa estate, Abia community has joined the protest against the policy. The protesters displayed placards with different inscriptions, read: “Our estate isn’t for sale”, “Give us our
By Frank Ulom, Converseer Residents of Cross River State have taken to the streets to strongly criticized the state of Nigeria’s democracy and economic policies, describing the situation as a “renewed shege” rather than the “renewed hope” promised by the current administration. Some of the residents who took to the streets were carrying placards with
By Jonathan Ugbal Nurses and midwives have shut the entrance to the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, UCTH, while protesting the arrest of three of their colleagues. Numbering over 100, and donning their white gowns, the nurses embarked on a protest, downing tools on Tuesday morning with some patients wondering what their fate is. “Nurses
By Favour Adinya Farmers and community members have staged a peaceful protest in Utugbor, Abuana, and Akpakpa communities of Bekwarra Local Government Area of Cross River, over herdsmen invasion and destruction. The protesters in their numbers chanted songs in disapproval of herdsmen presence in their communities, demanding an end to grazing on their farmland and
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The University of Cross River State (UNICROSS) has suspended seven students who were allegedly to have been involved in the protest against management’s “No fees, no. exams”. Some aggrieved students had on April 4, 2025 protested against the varsity management decision not to allow students who are yet to pay their fees