By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Cross River State Police command has confirmed a robbery attack on the branch of Eco bank located at Marian market in Calabar. CrossRiverWatch had gathered that robbers attacked the area at about 7:10 PM Saturday, with a caller notifying local broadcast outfit Hit FM who warned residents and people plying the
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Canice Atsu, the Obudu Urban Development Authority Executive Secretary who was kidnapped last Saturday has been released CrossRiverWatch can authoritatively report. A family source, John Atsu disclosed this Saturday, during a chat with our correspondent in Calabar. John is the Senior Special Assistant to Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade on tourism. He
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent The Escort vehicle in the convoy of Cross River Deputy Governor, Professor Ivara Esu was snatched Thursday evening, CrossRiverWatch authoritatively reports. The driver whose name is currently given as Ivara and hails from Obubra local government area was shot and is currently receiving treatment at an undisclosed facility. The
By Ushang Ewa and Inyali Peter A Police Inspector, Edet Archibong has died from gun wounds following a shoot out between the Police and suspected gangsters Tuesday night at Nkwa street off Eyamba street in Calabar South local government area findings by CrossRiverWatch reveal. Two Police patrol vans were also razed by the gangsters whom
By Jonathan Ugbal The Police in Cross River State Wednesday in Calabar, paraded 22 suspects arrested on crimes ranging from gangstarism, abductions and several others. A woman (names withheld), was also kidnapped Tuesday evening at School road in Satellite Town, Calabar but was later abandoned with in her vehicle by her abductors the Police also
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Staff of the Federal College of Education, FCE Obudu Wednesday demonstrated against the recurring kidnapping of staff of the institution. The demonstration comes on the heels of the kidnap and subsequent release of a principal lecturer of Igbo Language in the school of Languages of the institution, Mrs. Anyocha . The placard
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Executive Secretary of the Obudu Urban Development Authority (BUDA) Canice Atsu, has been abducted by unknown gunmen. CrossRiverWatch gathered the gunmen may have trailed Atsu all the way from Ogoja where he went for a function on Saturday and abducted him about 5 minutes after he arrived his home located along
By Ushang Ewa Odukpani: Hostilities between the host community and New Netim in Odukpani local government area of southern Cross River State has left at least 1 dead and over a dozen homes, cars and other properties razed and vandalized sources say. Findings by CrossRiverWatch reveal that the host community invaded the Netim clan between