By Jonathan Ugbal Nigerian journalist and rights activist, Agba Jalingo will on November 25th take plea for the fourth time in his criminal trial over an article he wrote in 2019 demanding for the whereabouts of the NGN500 million approved and released by the Cross River State Government for the floating of the State’s Microfinance
By CrossRiverWatch Admin A naval female rating has escaped being kidnapped, her bag containing her ID card and other valuables were taken away by the kidnappers. A final year Radiography student, John Edet and a final year female student of marketing simply identified as Joy, both of UNICAL were taken away by the gun men
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