By Sylvia Akpan, Government House Correspondent The Office of the Deputy Governor of Cross River State has dismissed viral crash reports alleging that the Deputy Governor Peter Odey was involved in an automobile accident, describing the report as inaccurate and exaggerated. In a statement issued on Tuesday, August 11, 2026, the Deputy Governor’s Press Secretary,
Activist Citizen Agba Jalingo says arresting critics under the Cyber Crime Act is a "waste of time" that only makes them more popular. Demanding the release of Denis Odama, he warned that using police to silence dissent will breed more bitterness in government’s second term.
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Men of the Nigerian Police Force arrested a car dealer, Mr. Denis Odama on Sunday in Lagos claiming he bullied Cross River Governor, Senator Bassey Otu on social media. Mr. Odama, a native of Bekwarra Local Government Area of Northern Cross River State is pursuing a doctorate degree in a Varsity in
By Tina Todo, The Guardian Newspaper Mr. Daniel Imo, a 44-year-old indigene of Adadama community in Abi Local Government Area of Cross River State, has appealed to the local, state Federal Government of Nigeria and well-meaning individuals for support. He said he has remained bedridden for 23 years after suffering a spinal cord injury in
By Sylvia Akpan The Cross River State Government has deployed a high-capacity swamp buggy to the University of Cross River State (UNICROSS) Staff Quarters in Calabar to clear blocked waterways and mitigate flooding caused by recent torrential rainfall. The intervention, ordered by Governor Bassey Otu, followed flooding in parts of the staff quarters, which affected
By Patrick Obia CP Ajo Geoffrey Ordue has assumed duty as the 49th Commissioner of Police, Cross River State Command. He takes over from the promoted AIG Rashid Bello Afegbua who now heads the Zone 6 Command. CP Ajo Geoffrey Ordue was born on 26th May 1970 and hails from Abeda Shitile in Logo Local
Recently, social media usage, especially Facebook, has become so uninteresting to me. Not because of anything else, but because of the disturbing activities of some tribal tsunamistas in some communities, states and nations, indirectly inciting nonindigenes to leave their state and nation. I have tried oftentimes to stay mum, to scroll past the disturbing narratives
By Nsan Ndoma-Neji, Paradise News Palpable tension erupted at the Chapel of Redemption Church on the University of Calabar (UNICAL) campus on Sunday after operatives of the Cross River State Police Command stormed the premises and ordered an ongoing service to end abruptly over a festering leadership crisis. Worshippers were thrown into confusion as police