By Kelvin Ololo The Cross River State Police Command is investigating an alleged unauthorized hernia surgery at a private clinic in Ekori, Yakurr Local Government Area, while a 22-year-old man has been arrested in the same community over a motorcycle suspected to have been stolen from Ikom Local Government Area. The Police Public Relations Officer,
By Sylvia Akpan The Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG), Zone 15 Headquarters, Maiduguri, AIG Bassey Samuel Ewah, has paid a courtesy visit to the Shehu of Borno, His Royal Highness Alhaji (Dr.) Abubakar Ibn Umar Garbai Al-Amin El-Kanemi, as part of efforts to foster collaboration and strengthen relations with traditional institutions. AIG Ewah, who was
By Kelvin Ololo The Cross River State Government has cancelled the controversial 2024/2025 Local Government recruitment exercise, retaining 821 personnel and approved a fresh recruitment exercise for 4,000 workers. The decision follows the submission and consideration of the report of a Panel of Enquiry set up to investigate the recruitment exercise conducted by the now-defunct
By Kelvin Ololo The Cross River State Police Command has commenced investigation into the death of an unidentified woman found desd in a hotel room along Clifford Street, Calabar South Local Government Area, with investigators searching for a male guest believed to have lodged with her hours before the discovery. The Police said the incident
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Cross River-born student Akanya Thomas Akanya has been reportedly poisoned by a fellow student in Federal University Wukari, Taraba State. Akanya Thomas who hails from Abanyom Clan, Osibi-Etikpe Community, Ikom Local Government Area of Cross River, was said to have been poisoned on Sunday, September 7, 2026. The suspect, a second year
By Sylvia Akpan The Cross River State Police Command has rescued a man suspected of stealing a mobile phone from jungle justice in Calabar. Jungle justice is an unlawful practice carried out by angry mobs with an intention to harm or kill the suspect accused of committing a particular crime without handing him or her
By Kelvin Ololo Two unidentified men have been killed by a mob in the early hours of Sunday after they were suspected of involvement in a robbery along Ekpo Abasi, near Yellow Duke, in Calabar South Local Government Area of Cross River State. The Cross River State Police Command said the circumstances surrounding the incident
By Kelvin Ololo The Cross River State Police Command has arrested a 29-year-old man, Saviour Otu Adim, over the alleged murder of his six-year-old stepdaughter, Miss Goodness Ekpo Okon, in Bakassi Local Government Area of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer, Cross River State Command, ASP Sunday Eitokpah Akata, disclosed this in a statement