By Judex Okoro, The Sun Newspaper The Idum Mbube community and Ekikienkpong family in Ogoja Local Government Area of Cross River State, have petitioned the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Faruk Yahaya, and the Cross River State Police Command over the alleged killing of their son, Joseph Peter Okpe, in Ogoja by troops drafted
By Jonathan Ugbal The Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Usman Alkali Baba on Thursday morning posted a new Commissioner of Police, CP Gyogo Augustine Grimah to Cross River State. Until his posting as Cross River CP where he is to replace CP Sule Baralabe, CP Grimah was in charge of the Department of Finance and Administration
By Vanguard Newspaper The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC arrested no fewer than 21 suspected illegal miners in Cross River State communities. Vanguard Newspaper learned the suspects were arrested by the NSCDC personnel in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Mines and Steel Development in the Utanga community in the Obanliku Local Government
By Patrick Obia The Cross River State Command of the Nigerian Police Force has confirmed the kidnapping of retired colleague, Supol Iwara Okoi by unknown gunmen. Supol Iwara was kidnapped by heavily armed men at his Supermarket in Ntankpo, opposite Cross River State Institute of Technology and Management, Ugep, Yakurr Local Government Area of the
By Soonest Nathaniel, Channels TV Justices Ijeoma Ojukwu and Rosemary Oghoghorie of the Federal High Court sitting in Calabar, Cross Rivers State, have convicted and sentenced six internet fraudsters to various terms of imprisonment. The convicts: Ojiako David Enyinna, Heziekiah Ezekiel Eno, Onyedika Ugochukwu Enemchukwu, Adinkwu Destiny Chukwudifu, God’s Favour Bassey Essi and Ebenezer Emmanuel
By Our Reporters The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, arrested no fewer than 65 persons on Saturday, March 18, 2023, across the 28 states where Governorship and State Houses of Assembly elections were conducted, for alleged voter inducement. Four out of the 65 persons were arrested in the capital Cross River State, Calabar. The
By Our Reporters Cross River State Young Progressives Party, YPP, deputy governorship candidate, Prince Agbor Onyi, Egbung Sandra, and Godwin Imojara, an Immigration Officer who was kidnapped days before the election remains in captivity. They were kidnapped on Thursday, March 16 at the Akparavuni axis in Biase Local Government Area. While friends and relatives are
By Patrick Obia and Sylvia Akpan The Young Progressives Party, YPP, in Cross River State has called for the immediate release of its deputy governorship candidate – Prince Agbor Onyi, and three others who were kidnapped along the Calabar-Ugep highway. They were kidnapped on Thursday, March 16 at the Akparavuni axis in Biase Local Government