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Cross River Assembly Passes Disability Rights Bill Into Law

By Itam Offor, Agency Report The Cross River State House of Assembly on Wednesday, passed into law the disability (full integration) bill 2021 in what may be its last session for the year. The bill was passed after the House considered the report of the joint committee on judiciary, public service matters, public petitions and

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BREAKING: Truck Crush Traffic Police Officer In Calabar

By Jonathan Ugbal A China National Heavy Duty Truck Group (CNHTC) Sinotruck Howo STW10 haulage vehicle has crushed to death, a Woman sergeant in the Nigerian Police Force in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. The unfortunate disaster happened at about 5:00PM at WAPI junction along the Murtala Muhammed Highway near the popular MCC by

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Gunmen Kidnap UNICAL Lecturer In Calabar

By CrossRiverWatch Admin Reverend Dr. Paul Bassey Ekpo, a lecturer in the University of Calabar has been kidnapped. Dr. Bassey Ekpo, was kidnapped on Tuesday at about 1.20am at his residence in Obot Okoho, Baccoco area of 8 miles, Calabar, in the presence of his wife and children. Pictures from the scene show that his

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Defamation Suit: Ayade’s Aide, Oliver Orok To Present 4 Witnesses, 7 Documents Against CrossRiverWatch, Agba Jalingo

By Jonathan Ugbal Oliver Orok, the Commissioner for Sustainable Development Goals in Cross River State, intends to present no fewer than four witnesses and seven documents in his libel suit against online Newspaper, CrossRiverWatch, its publisher, Agba Jalingo and a reporter, Ushang Ewa. Counsel to Orok, A. E. Oqua Esq, disclosed this during pre-trial in

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CRIME: Another Kidnap Kingpin Arrested As Police Shoot Four In Ogoja Following Arson, Yam Theft

By CrossRiverWatch Admin Four people are currently receiving treatment for gun wounds after men of the Nigerian Police Force shot to disperse villagers gathered at its divisional headquarters in Ogoja, locals say. They are being treated at the General Hospital in Ogoja which is directly opposite the police station. This comes on the heels of

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Ayade’s Refusal To Sign Anti-Open Grazing Law, A Canonization Of Incompetence – PDP

By CrossRiverWatch Admin The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Cross River State has condemned the position of the Governor, Benedict Ayade on the raging open grazing debate in the country. Mr. Ayade had last week, in a presser, said that he was against the anti-open grazing law proposed by the State’s House of Assembly in

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‘Crypto Trader’ Flees Calabar After Police Extorted N1.7m From Him In 3 Weeks

By Emmanuel Uti, FIJ Emeka Okoro, a crypto trader based in Cross River State, has narrated how officers attached to the Akim Police Station in Calabar extorted N1.7 million from him in three weeks. On November 10, Okoro heard a strange knock at the door of his newly rented apartment in the Akim area of

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Cross River PCRC Hold Security Summit, Calls For Effective Community Watch

By Maxwell Effiong  The Nigerian Police Force has beckoned on community members to keep effective neighborhood watch in their community. This was the message from a one day security summit by the Police Community Relations Committee (PCRC) in Calabar, the Cross River State capital where security experts say security is everybody’s business. The State Commissioner

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