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
By Sylvia Akpan The Social and Publicity Secretary of the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE), Mr. Charles O. Kalu, has announced the burial arrangements for his mother and family matriarch, Mrs. Rosaline Ekenma Kalu, who was called yonder on May 22, 2026, at the age of 85. According to a statement signed by Charles Kalu
By Nsan Ndoma-Neji A Federal High Court (vacation court), sitting in Port Harcourt has ordered the Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar, Prof. Offiong E. Offiong, and five others from sacking the Chaplain of the Chapel of Redemption, Rev. Joseph Ushie. Hon. Justice Phoebe Ayua gave the order in Suit No. FHC/CA/FHR/87/2026 while granting
By Sylvia Akpan A man has been allegedly killed following an attack on a cocoa farm in Isibendeghe Community, Boki Local Government Area of Cross River State. The incident reported on Wednesday, 5th August, 2026, at the Boki Police Division by one Mrs. Etta Maria Ado of Onisha Farm, Isibendeghe Community. According to the complainant,
By Patrick Obia The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the posting of CP Ajo Geoffrey Ordue as the 49th Commissioner of Police of Cross River State. His posting was contained in press release made available by the Protocol and Public Relations Head, Police Service Commission, Torty Njoku Kalu, on Wednesday August 5, 2026. According