By Case File Listen To The Report A former Military Administrator Lt. Colonel Paul Edor Obi (Rtd.), of Bayelsa State, Nigeria between July 1998 and May 1999 during the transitional regime of General Abdulsalami Abubakar, was docked on Monday before Justice Mojisola Dada of an Ikeja Special Offenses Court, Lagos over alleged fraud. The former
By Mary Bassey Listen To The Report Mr. Christian Chinedu Andrew has narrated how he was abducted and duped by someone he tried to help, detained, and extorted by the Police. He narrated his ordeal through a post on his Facebook wall. According to him, “I wouldn’t have been alive today if not for God,
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Listen To The Report Information reaching our newsroom has it that some criminals who allegedly broke into an office in the Obudu Local Government Council have been arrested. According to sources, the alleged criminals carted away with 2.6 million naira. The Police Public Relations department is yet to confirm the arrest.
By Blessing Ekong The University of Calabar (UNICAL) has suspended the head of its Directorate of Human Resource and Establishment, (HRE) Mrs. Agatha Ikposhi over allegations of documents falsification. The HRE Director will be investigated by the Anti-Corruption and Transparency Unit, her suspension letter, signed by the Varsity’s Registrar, Mr. Gabriel Egbe read. An alumnus
By Helen Ubong A Cross Riverian, Reje Agbor Ojong has publicly denounced membership of a gang group in Ikom Local Government Area of the State. Reje Ojong, a native of Adijinkpor in Ikom in a letter addressed to the Divisional Police Officer in charge of the Ikom division said he is no longer interested in
By Odue Gloria Our newsroom has just confirmed that it was a false alarm that there was an attempt to kidnap the resident (name yet to be confirmed) in satellite town, Calabar Municipality in Cross River State. The incident supposedly occurred occurred penultimate Wednesday at about 10:30 pm. Contrary to an earlier report that the kidnappers
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Information reaching CrossRiverWatch newsroom suggests that no fewer than three people have been injured after the Nigerian Army opened fire on youths in Alesi community of Ikom Local Government Area. A communal clash broke out yesterday between the farming communities of Alesi and Ochon in Ikom and Obubra Local Government Areas respectively.
By Jonathan Ugbal Rights lawyer and activist, Barr. James Ibor says the trend of arresting, detaining and imprisonment of sureties by Judges, Magistrates and law enforcement agents is worrisome as the actual process is not being followed. Ibor, who is the secretary of the justice sector reform commission in Cross River State, took to Facebook