By Kelvin Ololo Four of the 60 persons arrested and screened following the alleged assault of a police officer at Watt Market, Calabar, are to be arraigned in court on Friday, September 18, 2026, the Cross River State Police Command has said. The four suspects identified by the Command are Emem Asuquo, 40; Aniema Nelson,
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 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 Remi Ladigbolu, Punch Newspaper Denis Odama is free. But perhaps he should never have been in jail. Odama, a Cross River businessman and social commentator, was arrested in Lagos on August 9 and taken to Calabar after a police petition accused him and others of cyberbullying, defamation and incitement against the Cross River State
By Patrick Obia The Cross River State Police Command has arrested two suspects in connection with an alleged attempted rape of a 12-year-old girl in Calabar. The suspects, Moris Monday, aged 68, and Asuquo Effiom, aged 70, were arrested on Sunday 23 August, 2026, following a report by the victim’s father. The Command’s spokesman ASP
By Christopher Iyang The Cross River State Police Command has arrested ten suspected members of the Axe Men Confraternity and recovered a locally made pistol and other weapons in Abini Community, Biase Local Government Area. The suspects were arrested on Saturday, August 22, 2026, by operatives of the Violent Crime Response Unit, Sector 2, following
By CrossRiverWatch Admin A Magistrate Court sitting in Calabar and presided over by Mrs. Mercy Ene has discharged businessman, Denis Odama after the prosecutors withdrew the holding charge filed against him for bullying Governor Bassey Otu of Cross River State online. The discharge followed the application made by the prosecution, led by F. O. Okoi
Nigeria abandoned the parliamentary system after the military coup that ended the first republic and copied presidential democracy from America. Democracy is not African. Democratically elected leaders are not monarchs. They are politically exposed persons, subject to harsh criticism and public opprobrium. In Africa, we revere our elders and monarchs and rarely criticize them publicly.