By Jonathan Ugbal While owners of public and private facilities as well as individuals count the losses suffered after hoodlums invaded different properties in Calabar between Friday and Saturday, CrossRiverWatch visited the Federal Neuro-Psychiatric hospital which was one of the worst affected. More than 96 percent of medical and non-medical items were carted away from
By Philip Agba & Kelvin Ololo The issue of Gender Based Violence (GBV) has become one among other forms of social vices happening everyday in the society. Though very few of these cases are reported, many have remained covered leaving actors getting away as the result of fear of stigmatization by abused persons. This has
By Jonathan Ugbal and Patricia Illam Information reaching CrossRiverWatch suggests that at least three trucks of soldiers has been deployed to the Ikom metropolis to compliment the efforts of the police to forestall a breakdown of law and order due to renewed hostilities between supporters of the two leading political parties, the All Progressives Congress
‘By Jonathan Ugbal and Efa Sunday Following attacks on some stalwarts of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Obudu, Boki and Etung local government areas, the Guber candidate of the party, Senator Ben Ayade and a factional candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator John Owan-Enoh have disagreed over who is the cause of
By Ilam Patricia and Deborah Obot The Basic Rights Council Initiative (BRCI), a nongovernmental organisation has called for an end to paranormal beliefs that often lead to the abuse of children in Cross River State. Paranormal beliefs the BRCI argued, have been used as excuses to harm children in the State and it was time
by crossriverwatch admin A thirty year old man, whose name was simply given as Rowland is now in police custody in Calabar while awaiting trial for allegedly raping a thirteen year old girl, Miss Mary (surname withheld) over the weekend. The distraught girl who reported the incident to the police at Akim Police Division which