By Patrick Obia Following the sporadic shooting of a foreign national’s Prado SUV vehicle on Monday and the kidnap of nine commuters on Tuesday along the Calabar-Ikom highway in Akamkpa Local Government area of Cross River, Governor Ben Ayade has condemned the attacks in “strongest term,” saying the State Government will “take the battle to
By Patrick Obia A commercial motorcycle rider has been injured and his passenger dead in the early hours of Wednesday 16 November 2022 in an accident along the Scanobo axis, Ikot Ekpo, 8 Miles, Calabar Municipal Local Government Area of Cross River State. According to eyewitnesses who spoke with Hitfm Calabar, the motorcycle rider was
By Yemi Sodeeq, The Informant247 Without a thorough audit of the voter register before the 2023 general elections, many foreigners who are already in possession of Nigerian permanent voter registration cards will cast their ballots. In Kosubosu, a border community in Baruteen Local Government Area of Kwara State, a number of foreigners from the Republic
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Gunmen alleged to be Fulani herdsmen have kidnapped 9 travelers in Cross River State. Eyewitnesses said they opened fire on their vehicle along Calabar-Ugep road, and 9 were kidnapped. The incident happened between 3:30PM and 4PM yesterday, Monday, 14, November 2022. The Police are yet to comment. Watch eyewitnesses recount of what
By CrossRiverWatch Admin A yet-to-be-named foreign national has escaped an assassination attempt by unknown gunmen in Cross River State. The foreigner whose nationality is yet to be obtained at the time of filing this report was driving a Prado SUV jeep with plate number EKY777HT, Lagos was sprayed with bullets just before the rubber plantation
By Mary Bassey Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State has lifted the embargo placed on employment in the State Civil Service, and Local Government Service, announcing ‘limited recruitment.’ This is coming as some positions in the state civil service will be left vacant due to retirement and other sundry reasons. Also, the Governor has
One of the inexplicable phenomena of life is one’s powerlessness to choose their family or birthplace. By providence, I was lucky to have been born in Bendeghe-Ekiem and spent most of my youthful years (about two decades) in the community. That was predestination by the Creator; a blessing I am eternally grateful for. I still
By Adebayo Aare, MAP News No fewer than 6,205 persons died in road accidents in 2021 as the country recorded 13,027 road crashes, according to Nigeria’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). One of the many roads on which these accidents occur regularly is the Olomi-Ayegun-Olojuoro-Ijebu Igbo road in Oyo State. A contract for the construction of