By Jonathan Ugbal An Abuja Area Court grade 1 sitting in Mpape, Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory has remanded one Victor Godwin in prison for assaulting David Ekanem Ekpenyong, the Director of Maintenance in the Cross River State Sports Commission. Ekpenyong was beaten by thugs allegedly associated with a former Chairman of the Sports Commission,
By Archibong Jeremiah A Cross River Magistrate forcefully seized, impounded and sold a car belonging to a defendant’s friend in order to recover money owed by the defendant. The defendant in the case with suit No. IKM/RTM/12/2019, Mr. Loveday Eke had driven his friend’s car to the courthouse on May 10, 2019 when his friend’s
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Anti Cultism and Kidnapping Squad of the Cross River State command of the Nigerian Police Force has rescued Ogwa Godwin Samuel who was kidnapped on Wednesday in Calabar. Mr. Samuel was shoved through the roof of his home after his abductors toor the aluminum roofing sheet, broke his ceiling to get
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Kidnappers may have developed a new strategy to abduct victims which now include gaining access to buildings via the roof of houses. This was the case at 8 miles in Calabar on Wednesday morning when kidnappers broke into the residence of one Mr. Godwin Samuel and whisked him away. Images obtained by
By Ushang Ewa Alfred Ambe, a resident of Becheve community, which hosts Nigeria’s flagship tourism destination, the Obudu Mountain Resort has gone 6 days in the den of kidnappers with his abductors demanding for money to treat injuries incurred while he was kidnapped. Ambe, popularly referred to as ‘Apprentice’ was abducted on Wednesday, September 22,
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Ezeiruaka Ifenyiwa Fidelia, the youth corper who was victimized by a Lieutenant attached to the 13 Brigade of the Nigerian Army in Calabar, Chika Viola Anele has opened up on issues surrounding the actions of the soldier. Ms. Fidelia told CrossRiverWatch in an exclusive interview Monday in Lagos that the incident happened
By Aishat Babatunde, HumAngle Ten-year-old Amina leans on a sunken wood frame that forms a fence for a charcoal shop. She has come to buy charcoal with two other girls from a street tucked between ‘1,000 units’ residential area and Pegi in Kuje Area Council in Nigeria’s capital city, Abuja. Frustration furrows the lines of her
By Godwin Otang, Tribune Newspaper The Nigerian Navy Ship Victory (NNSV) has arrested three suspected smugglers with one thousand, two hundred and nine (1,209) bags of illegally smuggled parboiled rice along the waterways. The suspects and the goods have been handed over to the Nigerian Customs Service in Calabar, on Monday. The suspects, Humble Edet,