By Jonathan Ugbal Lawyers and residents protesting the non appointment of a substantive Chief Judge in Cross River say hundreds of cases are currently lying unassigned in the registry of the High Court of the State. The State has gone 46 days without a Chief Judge and concerned lawyers took to the streets of Calabar
By Archibong Jeremiah Ahead of tomorrow’s protest against bad governance, police brutality, poor state of roads, crippling state of the judicial and a host of others, Ben Ayade, Governor of Cross River State has shivered. The Governor who recently was referred to as “poto poto governor” by some indegenes of the State through a release
By Jonathan Ugbal and Patrick Obia
By CrossRiverWatch Admin #RevolutionNow protesters in Cross River State has said Nigeria as a nation, has nothing to celebrate after 60 years of independence. The peaceful protesters bared there mind while speaking to CrossRiverWatch TV during their 1st October protest against bad governance.
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Nigerians took the streets of Calabar, the Cross River State capital on Thursday, braving initial dares from law enforcement officials to protest against what anti-people policies of Government as the country celebrated its 60th independence anniversary. Marching under the auspices of the #RevolutionNow movement convened by SaharaReporters founder, Omoyele Sowore, they took
By Jonathan Ugbal Civil and public servants who are joined the #payrollprotest on Thursday at the Governor’s office in Calabar, the Cross River State capital called Governor Ben Ayade a ‘scam’. The merriam webster’s dictionary describes scam as a noun which means “a fraudulent or deceptive act or operation.” The workers have been protesting since
By Kelvin Ololo Niger Delta Activists Forum, Cross River State chapter currently protesting the delisting of about 3, 000 workers from the State payroll, has alleged that, the Government is attempting to intimidate them using security operatives. The allegation was made by the leader of the group, Comrade Paul Adie on day 4 of their
By Patrick Obia The protest by dozens of civil and public servants who were delisted from the payroll of the Cross River State government in mid 2019 by Governor Ben Ayade has entered its second day. About 3,000 names were delisted on allegations that they were ghost workers. The Governor claimed their recruitment did not