By Patrick Obia Calabar, the Cross River State capital, is set to host an international gospel outreach as the Great Gospel Crusade, organized by Christ for All Nations (CfaN), commences today, Thursday, November 12, 2026. The four-day evangelistic program, tagged Great Gospel Crusade Calabar 2026, will feature renowned American evangelist Daniel Kolenda, successor to the
By Kelvin Ololo Hon. Justice Blessing Egwu of the High Court of Cross River State has convicted and sentenced Nsikak Friday Okon, a 38-year-old man, to life imprisonment for the rape of a 10-year-old girl. The convict bagged the term in a ruling delivered by the judge on Wednesday, November 11, 2026 in Calabar. Human
By Patrick Obia Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru served as Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff from 26th January to 21st May 2021. A tenure of just 114 days. He died in an air crash alongside 10 other officers and men of the Nigerian Armed Forces. Cutting short a distinguished 35-year military career that had taken him
By Affiong Asam Former Vice-President and African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has criticized Cross River State Governor, Senator Bassey Otu, over the security situation in the state following reports of burglaries in residential buildings close to the governor’s private residence in Calabar. Atiku, in a post on his social media page,
By Sarah Ooja The 2026 first Carnival Calabar Dry Run will take place tomorrow, Sunday October 18, 2026, as preparations continue for the annual carnival. Residents of Calabar and road users are informed to take note as major routes will be blocked. while the kickoff is by 1:30pm the Millennium Park, Calabar, blocking of carnival
By Victoria Tom The Cross River State Police Command has arrested a 36-year-old man identified as Peter over alleged vandalism of electricity infrastructure following a transformer explosion in Calabar. The incident was witnessed at Agbo Ntoe Layout, Boulevard Road 2, off Parliamentary Extension, Calabar, in the early hours of Monday, October 12, 2026. According to
By Kelvin Ololo The night began quietly in Ikot Effanga community, Calabar Municipality, Cross River State, with little indication that two people would not live to see the morning. A man reportedly brought a woman, believed to be his friend, into his apartment on Thursday night to spend the night. By the early hours of
By Kelvin Ololo The cries of a grieving mother echoed across Ikot Awatim Community in Ikot Ansa, Calabar Municipality Local Government Area of Cross River State, on Saturday after a devastating landslide triggered by torrential rainfall buried five people alive, including four siblings from the same family. Residents were left in shock and mourning as