By Favour Adinya The Cross River State Command of the Nigerian Police Force, has arrested child traffickers in Okuku Market, Yala Local Government Area. With the report making the rounds in some quarters, the State Police Command under the leadership of CP Rashid Afegbua, says it wishes to clarify the trafficking involving a nurse. The
By Kelvin Ololo There is an ongoing gunshots at the boundary between Tiv village in Benue State and a Community in Obudu Local Government Area of Cross River State. The sporadic shooting which began in the early hours of Friday July 18, 2025, has caused tension in the communities. Reliable sources told CrossRiverWatch that “the
By Sylvia Akpan The Federal Ministry Of Environment has issued early warning to locations that may witness flood and erosion. This was contained in a release signed by the Director/Erosion, Flood and Coastal Zone Management Department, Usman Abdullahi Bokani. The flood prediction has it that the following locations and their environs are likely to witness
What I want to write now is not new. It’s what I have been saying all along. Ogoja State may never come to pass, at least, not in my lifetime. You don’t have to believe me. Just wait and see. Those who are deceiving you will not tell you this. They want to continue spiking
Her emergence reflects the administration's abiding faith in meritocracy and the empowerment of capable Cross Riverians to drive institutional growth and excellence
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Outrage has trailed the remand of a 45-year-old businessman, Archibong Essien in the Afokang Correctional Center in Calabar by a Magistrate Court 1 after exhausting its cause list and risen for the day. The said abuse of court process allegedly happened on Monday July 14, 2025 after the defendant, an indigene of
By Kelvin Ololo Mr. Peter Isaac, known as “Prayer” who allegedly impregnated his 13 years old teenage daughter in Ediba Community, Abi Local Government Area of Cross River State, has been remanded in prison His remand came after he appeared before a Chief Magistrate Court Itigidi, Abi LGA and presided by Chief Magistrate Raymond Ukwapu
By Kelvin Ololo Prompted by the persistent challenges faced by women in rural communities during childbirth and traditional practices that restrict access to antenatal care and immunization for children under two years of age, the Cross River State Mobilization and Technical Committee (SOMTEC), has concluded plans to take program to Akpabuyo and Odukpani Local Government