By Jonathan Ugbal The Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on prosecution, Mr. Okoi Obono-Obla has threatened to slam a NGN5 billion suit on the Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu for defamatory statements. Mr. Ekweremadu had yesterday (Monday) issued a statement accusing Mr. Obla of spearheading a smear campaign against him with the
By CrossRiverWatch Admin At least three are feared dead after rival gangs engaged in a gun duel at the University of Calabar leading to an early shut down of activities at the institution on Friday. CrossRiverWatch had reported that one was shot dead by an unknown gunman at the gate close to the Varsity’s power
By Jonathan Ugbal The Commissioner for Water Resources in Cross River State, Mr. Gabriel Odu Oji has said that his kidnappers had told him he was a wonderful man and treated him very well while in their custody. Mr. Odu-Oji was kidnapped on April 9, 2017 along Mayne Avenue in Calabar South local government area
By Ushang Ewa The gang wars in Calabar, the Cross River State capital are beginning to increase in numbers as no fewer than four people have been killed since Monday CrossRiverWatch gathered. The 8 miles axis of Calabar Municipal has suffered the most blow with the gruesome murder of the security guard in a new
By Andy Ukweni The Police in Cross River State have confirmed the death of three in the Okwabang and Beebo crisis. CrossRiverWatch had reported that at least two died when both communities clashed over a piece of farmland in the eastern Boki communities. And, the Cross River Police Command on Monday, in a statement signed
By Jonathan Ugbal Information reaching CrossRiverWatch suggests that two Boki east communities; Okwabang and Beebo are currently at war. Boki is located in central Cross River State and hosts a vast amount of the state’s rainforest reserve. And, despite the presence of the Police and officials of the Nigerian Army, two have been killed in
By Jonathan Ugbal Follow @NaijaJonathan The General Officer Commanding 82 Division, Enugu of the Nigerian Army, Major General Adamu Abubakar has visited Danare community in Boki local government area of central Cross River to ascertain the level of destruction meted on the Boki people during their recent invasion by Cameroonian gendarmes. Nigeria shares a long
By Obeten Godfrey Follow@obeten_godfrey The Police in Calabar, the Cross River State capital on Wednesday saved an unnamed man in his mid-thirties from been set ablaze by a mob for alleged phone theft at Akim Qua town. Residents of Ekpenyong Effiom street woke up at about 6:05 AM on Wednesday to learn that an apartment