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Calabar: 35 Alleged Gangsters Declared Wanted Over Unrest

By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Cross River State Government has declared 35 alleged gangsters wanted over the recent spate of killing and unrest in Calabar Metropolis. The release signed by Dr. Alfred Mboto urged those with useful information to come forward as a handsome reward awaits them. Also, anyone supporting those declared wanted will be prosecuted

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Civil Servants Detained For Allegedly Leaking Document Showing Withdrawal Of 4.5Bln LG Funds In Cross River

By Jonathan Ugbal The three civil servants arrested on Monday in Calabar for allegedly leaking documents which showed the payment schedule of NGN250 million withdrawn from each of the local government areas in Cross River state for the procurement of aircrafts and the construction of the Obudu international cargo airport are still in police custody.

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Updated: Identify Of Noddle Seller Hit By Police Stray Bullet During Obudu Deadly Clash Emerges

By Jonathan Ugbal Eyewitnesses at the scene of the face-off between women of Igwo community in Obudu local government area have confirmed to CrossRiverWatch that a stray bullet caught an unnamed noodles seller as the face off between men of Mopol 75 Squadron of the Nigerian Police Force and the Igwo community continues. The women

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HAPPENING NOW: Mopol Shoot To Chase Obudu Women Protesting Over Mass Arrests

By Jonathan Ugbal Information reaching CrossRiverWatch newsroom suggests that there is currently a face off between natives of Igwo community in Obudu local government area and the 75 Mopol Squadron of the Nigerian Police Force. CrossRiverWatch gathered that the policemen mobilized earlier in the day and effected a massive arrest of youths in Igwo community

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Cross River Judiciary: Court Dismisses Fundamental Rights Enforcement Suit On Discrimination Of Justice Akon Ikpeme

By Jonathan Ugbal A Federal High Court sitting in Calabar and presided over by Justice Simon Amobeda has dismissed a fundamental rights suit seeking the declaration of the refusal of the Cross River House of Assembly to confirm the state’s former acting Chief Judge on the basis of her origin on the grounds that the

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Cross River Gets New CP, Uche Anozia

By Jonathan Ugbal A new commissioner of police has resumed duties in Cross River state. Mr. Uche Anozia is the new chief of police in the state. Anozia took over on March 26, 2020 from Mr. Nkereuwem Akpan who spent just four months in the state from November till March. Akpan replaced Anozia in Bayelsa

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There May Be Instructions To Harm Obla – Lawyer Cries Out

By Ushang Ewa The legal counsel to Okoi Obono-Obla, the former Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on prosecution, First Baba Isa has raised an alarm over the play of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) which he said is harmful to Mr. Obono-Obla. Isa, in a statement issued on Friday

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Ayade Returns To Calabar After Inauguration Into Presidential Advisory Committee On NDDC

By Jonathan Ugbal Cross River Governor, Mr. Ben Ayade on Tuesday returned to Calabar after days of absence. Mr. Ayade’s trip had seen him on some public fora including the receipt of an award and his inauguration into the presidential advisory committee on the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) earlier on Tuesday at the State

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