By CrossRiverWatch Admin Justice N.E. Maha of the Federal High Court on Monday, February 14, ordered the final forfeiture of 24 properties held by fronts and proxies to a top military officer, to the Federal Government of Nigeria. The order was pursuant to a forfeiture application by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, which
By Archibong Jeremiah Justice Agness Onyebueke of the Akamkpa High Court division, Cross River State sentenced Mr. Anyanime Festus Udo to death by hanging for killing his twin daughters. Delivering judgment minutes ago in suit number HK/6C/2018, Justice Onyebueke said the killer’s act is satanic, demonic, and beyond human comprehension. Mr. Festus had given his
By Ada Wodu, Punch Newspaper A retired Assistant Inspector General of Police, Joseph Mbu, has been dragged to court by the Cross River State Government of Sen. Ben Ayade before a High Court sitting in the State capital, Calabar, for allegedly murdering one of his kinsmen, Ayuk Etta Ngon, in a community in Etung local
By Ada Wodu, Punch Newspaper The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has arrested seven private guards and shut three security companies in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. The companies are Close Watch Security Limited, Adonai Security Limited and Excel Security and Protection Services Limited. The State Commandant of the NSCDC, Mr. Samuel Fadeyi
By Ushang Ewa Anthony Duke, a former councilor representing Ward 5 in Calabar South Local Government Area and journalist has been kidnapped. He served between 2010 and 2013. Duke, who presented Hardline on FAD 93.1 FM Calabar on Mondays, Wednesday’s and Friday’s before the COVID-19 pandemic was abducted on Tuesday evening around Akwanga, Nassarawa State
By Ushang Ewa Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade and the Nigerian Police Force have remained mute one week after 17 persons were kidnapped along the Calabar channel on a boat ride to Oron in neighboring Akwa Ibom State. As earlier reported, five persons have been released with the abductors demanding NGN3 million for each
By Jonathan Ugbal and Patrick Obia Five out of the 17 people abducted by kidnappers along the Calabar channel on Monday have been released. The quintet – a child aged four, a pregnant woman, an old woman, a gunshot victim and the driver were blindfolded and dropped off at about 10:00AM at a beach in
By The Parchment A speedboat traveling along the Calabar channel was on Monday diverted by suspected pirates to an unknown destination. The boat departed the Marina ‘Safe Journey’ Harbor in Calabar, and was heading for Oron, Akwa Ibom State when it was attacked. Sources told The Parchment that the boat had mot left the Cross