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Cross River-Born And Former UNICAL Student, Obono Itam Resumes Duty As Anambra State Commissioner Of Police

By CrossRiverWatch Admin Cross River-Born CP Nnaghe Obono Itam, has assumed duty as the new Commissioner of Police, Anambra State. His new role was contained in a press release signed and made available to Press men in Awka, the capital of Anambra State, by the State Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga. CP Obono

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Wetin Our Roundabouts Do Na? BY AGBA JALINGO

After the demolition of the vaults at the Eleven-Eleven roundabout in Calabar, Cross River State, which was named after the Armistice Day when World War I (1914-1918) ended at the 11th hour on the morning of the 11th day in the 11th month of 1918, and replacing same with a statue of the Holy Bible,

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LOAN Embarks On Indefinite Strike

By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Law Officers Association of Nigeria (LOAN) Cross River State chapter has embarked on an Indefinite Strike on Monday May 13th. LOAN said the action is due to the State Government’s inability to meet their demands for the implementation of the existing approval for parity between Law Officers and Magistrates, in the

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Weaponization Of Poverty… BY AGBA JALINGO

Once, I attended an ANPP campaign event in Maiduguri as a journalist and was privileged to be in the Governor’s convoy. The Governor then was ANPP. He was in company of a former National Chairman of the party, who was also from the North. (I want to withhold their names). While the governor’s convoy was

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Business Operators Charged To Be More Security Conscious, As Police Seeks Collaboration

By Patrick Obia The Cross River State Command of the Nigerian Police Force has emphasized the importance of security consciousness among private business operators and hoteliers in the State. The Police gave the charge in a press release issued on Friday, May 10, 2024, by the Command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Irene Ugbo,

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Do We Vote For Development Or For Palliatives… BY AGBA JALINGO

Let me start by defining what palliative is. “A medicine or form of medical care that relieves symptoms without dealing with the cause of the condition.” If you are 30 years today, and politically active, and commenting on social media, that means in 1999, when democracy returned to Nigeria and when Nigeria adopted the Constitution

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NGOs, Stakeholders Educated On Child Adoption, Fostering In Cross River

By Sylvia Akpan Basic Rights Counsel Initiative (BRCI), a nonprofit organization based in Calabar,Cross River State, has held its first quarterly meeting to educate NGOs, key actors on international adoption as it relates to the law. The co-founder of BRCI, Mrs. Ese Ibor, in her address commended other youth serving NGOs and participants for their

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Court Acquits Man Accused Of Circulating Ex Girlfriend’s Sextape In Calabar

There is no live case in this matter, there is no live evidence for the Court to reach a decision, to convict the defendant: based on the above, I hereby discharge and acquit the defendant of the two count charge filed against him, due to the negligence of the prosecution

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