By Kelvin Ololo The Cross River State Police Command has arrested five suspects in connection with the murder of a herder – Idris Yakubu in a farm at Ugaga Community, Yala Local Government Area of the state. The police in a press release signed by the Command’s Police Public Relations Officer, SP Irene Ugbo, for
By Kelvin Ololo Residents of Uyi Effiong Street in Anantiagha Community, Calabar South Local Government Area of Cross River State, are thrown in fear and panic over alleged nefarious activities of a suspected notorious gangster known as “Puky”. The suspect allegedly raped a 13-year-old JSS 3 teenage girl inside her father’s house and terrorizes the
By Sylvia Akpan, Government House Correspondent The Governor of Cross River State, Sen. Bassey Otu, has decried the increasing abandoned government official vehicles by some Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) at various mechanical workshops in the state. The disturbing trend was contained in a release signed by the Chief Press Secretary and Special Adviser on
By Patrick Obia The Commissioner of Police Cross River State, CP Rashid Afegbua has decorated 46 newly promoted officers to the rank of Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP). The promotion, approved by the Police Service Commission (POLSCOM) on the recommendation of the Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun, is said to mark a milestone
By Kelvin Ololo Mr. Sunday Ojah, accused of witchcraft in Akpet 1, Biased Local Government Area of Cross River, has been tortured by community youths, leaving him battling with life. This follows as a man (name withheld for reasons) was beaten and his hair shaved with matchet by a suspected gang in Bendeghe Ekiem community
By Sylvia Akpan, Government House Correspondent Cross River State Governor, Sen. Bassey Edet Otu, has flagged off the construction of a 10-kilometer Ndok Junction-Mbube-Okubushuyu road in Ogoja Local Government Area. Speaking during the flag-off ceremony at Ekumtak-Mbube in Ogoja LGA on Saturday, 2nd August, 2024, Governor Otu, represented by his deputy, Rt. Hon. Peter Odey,
"We are calling on our youths to lay down their arms. We are not in support of them. We do not want them to continue to spoil our land. We are peace loving people. We, the people of Obudu and Vandeikya; we are not independent, we must be inter-dependent; Vandeikya people farm in Obudu, our
By Sylvia Akpan, Government House Correspondent The Cross River State Government has convened a peace security meeting to address the inter communal crisis between the Ekukunela-Alesi communities in Ikom Local Government Area and the Odonget/Ochon/Isabang communities in Obubra Local Government Area. The meeting was convened by the Deputy Governor, Rt. Hon. Peter Odey, with leaders