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EXCLUSIVE: Retired AIG Joseph Mbu Orders Detention Of Police Inspectors In Cross River After He Arbitrarily Locked Community Town Hall

By SaharaReporters Two officers of the Police Mobile Force (PMF), Inspector Kokotte Isang and Inspector Goodnews Etim, attached to retired Assistant Inspector General (AIG) Joseph Mbu, have been detained at the Ikom Police Station, Cross River State, following a reported altercation involving local residents and some military personnel.According to a situation report from the Unit

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BREAKING: Police Release Nurses Arrested For Treating ‘Stranger’ After Protest Rocks C’River Command

Simply identified as Joy, Mary, and Deborah, they were arrested while administering care to patients at the Accident and Emergency ward, and spent the night detained in their uniforms with their families left confused and in tears.

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BREAKING: Nurses Protest, Shut UCTH After Police Arrest Colleagues For Treating ‘Stranger’

By Jonathan Ugbal Nurses and midwives have shut the entrance to the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, UCTH, while protesting the arrest of three of their colleagues. Numbering over 100, and donning their white gowns, the nurses embarked on a protest, downing tools on Tuesday morning with some patients wondering what their fate is. “Nurses

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JUST IN: Police Arrest 3 Nurses In Cross River For Treating ‘Stranger’

By Jonathan Ugbal The Cross River State Police Command on Monday arrested three yet to be identified nurses after a relative of a patient who died reported theft of a sim card. The three nurses, stationed at the Accident and Emergency Department of the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital were asked to provide care after

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Stakeholders Capacity Building Engagement On Methane Emissions Reduction Kicks Off In Nigeria’s Capital

By Patrick Obia An advanced two-day capacity building workshop on “Strengthening Public Accountability of Methane Emissions Reduction Efforts”, has kicked off in Nigeria’s capital of Abuja. The capacity building training session aims to equip Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and media professionals with the technical knowledge and practical skills needed to effectively drive the discourse. The

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Methodist Priest Cry Out Over Inhuman Treatment, Abuse By Church Leader In Cross River

By Sylvia Akpan Rev. Victor Okon Uloh, a 300 level student of Medicine and Surgery at the University of Calabar, has raised an alarm over a series of unfair, inhumane treatments and persecution suffered in the hands of Rt. Rev. Otuekong Ukut, the Bishop of the Diocese of Atamunu. Ringing the alarm bell in a

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Why They Hate Social Media…BY AGBA JALINGO

Before Satellite TV came, we all had only one or at most two TV stations to watch. NTA and State broadcasting corporations. The multiple options we have today did not exist. In fact, the state-owned media stations open by 12 noon and close broadcasts by 12midnight. The radio waves weren’t different either. It was the

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UNCROSS Acting VC, Prof. Francisca Bassey And Martins Eyam, the graduate she ordered arrested
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BREAKING: UNICROSS Graduate Arrested And Incarcerated On Order Of Acting VC Released After 17 Days

As at press time, is unclear whether the Magistrate reverted himself. However, Mr. Martins has been ferried to the Governors office with pictures showing him next to the office of the State Security Adviser.

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