Month: July 2025
Breaking News Reports

Obudu LGA Chairman Sues For Peace In Vandiekya-Abonkib Communal Crisis

By Sylvia Akpan Following the communal crisis between the people of Vandiekya in Benue State and Abonkib community in Obudu Local Government Area of Cross River State, that has turned bloody, the Chairman of Obudu LGA, Hon. Peter Akonfe Undiandeye, has sued for peace. The two communities age-long communal dispute which surface last week has

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Embattled Ursula Agbor Petitions Agba Jalingo For Cyberstalking

By CrossRiverWatch Admin Embattled media practitioner, Ursula Agbor who has been in the news for some weeks, has petitioned Human Rights Activists, Citizen Agba Jalingo for alleged cyberstalking. This was contained in an invitation notice addressed to Jalingo by the Nigeria Police Force National Cybercrime Center (NPF-NCCC), Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID) Abuja. The invitation

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Former Cross River Health Commissioner, Iyami Ugot Passes On

By CrossRiverWatch Admin Former Commissioner for Health during former Governor Liyel Imoke administration, Dr. Iyami Ugot, has passed on. He also served as Director-General of Cross River State Primary Health Agency. Though he passed on a few weeks ago but the cause of death is not ascertained.

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2 Nabbed For Allegedly Stealing Fish, Cables In Cross River

By Sylvia Akpan Two suspected thieves have been caught stealing fish and electric cables in Yakurr Local Government Area of Cross River Rivers. The duo were caught in the early hours of Tuesday, July 22, 2025, by a group of vigilante personnel in Ijiman and Okurubong, communities of the LGA. This was confirmed by a

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Breaking News National News

First Daughter Of Nigeria’s 4th Senate President, Donna Wayas Is Dead

Aged 62, Lady Wayas passed away in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory after a brief illness

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Breaking News Health

Residents To Have Steady Water Supply – Cross River Government

By Kelvin Ololo The Managing Director of Cross River State Water Board Limited (CRSWBL), Chief Godwin Nyiam has assured Cross Riverians that plans have been put in place to bring to an end the woe of water scarcity in the State. He stated this in a final Public Private Partnership (PPP) engagement meeting with engineers

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Breaking News Crime Reports

Communal Crisis: Police Arrest Prime Suspect Of Commercial Driver Killer, Trail Others In Cross River

By Favour Adinya The Cross River State Command of the Nigeria Police Force, says the prime suspect of a commercial driver killed in Obudu urban Local Government Area of the state has been arrested and others trailed. A commercial driver, Agage Ternenge, is seen in a viral video gruesomely murdered by some mobs. The incident

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Breaking News Politics

Governor Otu Advocates Ogoja State Creation

By Sylvia Akpan, Government House Correspondent Following the agitation for state creations from Cross River and other states, which has become top agenda at the House of Representatives Public Hearing on Constitutional Review in Calabar, Governor Bassey Otu has advocated for the creation of Ogoja State. While the Ogoja State like others state creation has

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