Agents of the All Progressive Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are going around Enugu State to collect the identification number on voter cards and the personal information of voters. Ben Aroh of The Whistler investigates this game plan of the two dominant political parties in the forthcoming 2023 general elections. Ebere Okorie, a
By Usman Babaji, WikkiTimes In mid-July, three children, Maryam, Abduljabbar, and Ja’afar returned home from school in Langai, one of the border communities between Bauchi and Plateau States. Maryam, the oldest sister asked after her father Isah Musa but their mother Ikilima assured her he would be back home soon. What the four children, their
By Patrick Obia The Cross River State Command of the Nigerian Police force has filed a five-Count charge, attempted murder, and felony on Mrs. Lucy Uket Obono, the ‘Calabar Orange seller’. Mrs. Lucy in a video that surfaced online on September 6, 2022, said she was beaten and her goods scattered by Governor Ayade’s appointee,
By Ogar Monday Ben Ayade, the Cross River State Governor has inaugurated members of the State’s Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission. At the inauguration held at the EXCO chambers of the Governor’s office, Ayade charged members of the committee to carry out their activities with due diligence, promising that he has no intentions to interfere with
By Patrick Obia Goods worth millions of Naira were on Sunday 20th November 2022, destroyed by a fire that razed down seven shops in a shopping complex in Abouchiche, the capital of Bekwarra Local Government Area of Cross River State. The cause of the fire is not ascertained by eyewitnesses and onlookers at the time
By Archibong Jeremiah Days after 9 travelers were kidnapped at Okomita in Akamkpa Local Government Area of Cross River State, another 3 have been abducted. Two medical doctors and a contractor are the latest victims of kidnapping in the once most peaceful State of Nigeria. The Chairman of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) Calabar branch,
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Men of the Nigerian Army have assaulted a Police Traffic Warden in Calabar Municipality, Cross River State. The Army men who drove in convoy left the Traffic Warden bleeding from her head. The incident occurred at the traffic post along Murtala Muhammad Highway by Mobil filling station. The Traffic Warden explained in
By Ogar Monday The Cross River State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has earlier this month signed an order expanding the powers of Magistrate Courts in the State to try civil cases. In the signed document seen by CrossRiverWatch and personally signed by the Governor, the order is to take effect from the 3rd of November