By CrossRiverWatch Admin Listen To The Report An unidentified shop owner located at road five, Federal Housing Estate Calabar, has been kidnapped by unknown gunmen. A Policeman in uniform who was at the scene was shot by the kidnapers. Eyewitnesses say the policeman was unfortunate to have been seated in front of the shop when
By Sylvia Akpan and Mary Bassey Listen To The Report The Chairman of Cross River Internal Revenue Service, Mr. Akpanke Ogar has played host to the Zonal Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Assistant Corps Marshall J. A. Owoade, and the Society of Women in Taxation. Akpanke hosted them separately in his Calabar
By Patrick Obia Listen To The Report The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, Cross River State chapter on Thursday, June 2, 2022, in Calabar, staged another peaceful protest against the 108 days long strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. The peaceful protest is to express the students’ displeasure with the industrial
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Listen To The Report An Appeal Court sitting in Abuja has affirmed the human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore as substantive Chairman of the African Action Congress (AAC ). Sowore had in an appeal marked CA/A/812/2019 challenged a high court judgment delivered by Justice Inyang Ekwo declaring a Nigeria government usurper, Leonard Nzenwa
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Listen To The Report The remains of Major U.J. Undiandeye, a former Battalion Commanding Officer, who is said to have killed himself have been led to rest at the Commonwealth military cemetery in Kaduna. Undiandeye, who was from Bedia in Obudu Local Government Area of Cross River State is reported by Daily
By Ekemini Simon, TheMail Listen To The Report In 2019, despite being the only State out of the 36 States of the Federation including the Federal Capital Territory, that exceeded borrowing ceiling due to high debt burden, Cross River State Government went on to acquire loans including an unapproved foreign loan of N1.4 billion. Yet,
By Harrison Edeh, The ICIR Listen To The Report The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) said it would commence the process of enforcement and recovery of unremitted tax deductions owed by some States and Local Governments in Nigeria through their respective federation accounts. In a public notice the service issued today, its Executive Chairman, Muhammad
Listen To The Article Citizen complaints about the anti-cultism and anti-kidnapping unit of the Police in Calabar are mounting everyday and it appears no one is ready to pay attention and do something about it. Doing something about it, not just in terms of punishing the errant police personnel involved but to also look into