By Patrick Obia The University of Cross River State (UNICROSS), has reopened for academic activities after the Calabar campus of the varsity was temporarily shutdown two weeks ago. The institution went haywire after a student, Ford Moses Nkasi was stabbed to death by robbers in the school premises, which led to peaceful protest then, untamed thereafter.
By CrossRiverWatch Admin This is a playback of CrossRiverWatch live stream which captures the moment masked Policemen believed to be acting under the instruction of Gov. Ben Ayade of Cross River State arrived in commando style and profaned the fundamental human rights of the peaceful protesters. The peaceful protest was at the secretariat of Association of
By CrossRiverWatch Admin It has been confirmed that Citizen Agba Jalingo who publishes CrossRiverWatch, leading rights activists cum lawyer James Ibor, CrossRiverWatch News Editor Jonathan Ugbal and Comrade Akawajiode Undie has granted bail minutes ago. They were arrested by masked Policemen during the peaceful #June12 protest which was ongoing right in front of the secretariat of
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Men of the Nigerian Police Force has forcefully dispersed peaceful #June12 protesters in Calabar. They protesters were peacefully exercising their fundamental human rights before trips of Policemen numbering over 50 in over 7 Hilux van, masked appeared and fired teargas severally at the protesters. As at the time of filing this report,
By CrossRiverWatch Admin CrossRiverWatch undercover reporter has obtained video footage of troop of Policemen numbering over 15 positioned around the #June12 protest venue – secretariat of Association of Cross River Online Journalists (ACROJ) which houses the foremost investigative media in Cross River State. Watch…
By Archibong Jeremiah CrossRiverWatch Editor-In-Chief and rights activist, Citizen Agba Jalingo has been arrested by the Cross River State command of the Nigerian Police Force over a fake petition that he is an arms dealer. He is currently been questioned at the State Criminal Investigation Department (CIID) of the Cross River Police Command. The Commissioner
By Patrick Obia University of Cross River State (UNICROSS) has been temporarily shutdown by the State Government over insecurity. This was contained in a statement from the Governor’s office, signed by the Permanent Secretary in charge of security, Sir Alfred Mboto stating the closure is to checkmate alleged plan destruction by hoodlums; to restore normalcy
By Ike Uchechukwu, Vanguard News Nigeria The Cross River Police Command on Friday warned that it will no longer condone any form of street protest by any group in the State, stressing that a lot of strange elements were waiting to leverage on such avenues to carry out mayhem. The Commissioner of Police, CP Sikiru