By Archibong Jeremiah Ahead of planned peaceful protest, the Cross River State Police Command has invited leaders aggrieved interns of the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH) for dialogue. The UCTH interns are currently preparing to exercise their fundamental rights to press home their demand to the management of the hospital who sacked them for
By Patrick Obia Dozens of aggrieved civil servants in Cross River, on Wednesday, shutdown the new secretariat complex in Calabar to protest the non-payment of their salaries for a period of three years. They bore placards with different inscriptions, chanting songs, demanding the sack of the Head of Service (HOS), Mrs. Geraldine Akpet-Ekanem for alleged
By Patrick Obia Our newsroom confirmed that, following the picketing and shutdown of the Cross River State Secretariat by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), the office of Head of Service has began refunding the ₦25,000 extorted from Directors. Sources from the NLC disclosed this to CrossRiverWatch saying, the “HOS led by Mrs. Geraldine Akpet-Ekanem succumbed to
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…