By Patrick Obia The Nigerian Army, headquarters has reacted to the viral video and images where a commissioned female Army officer, Lt. Chika Viola Anele, dehumanised and assaulted a youth corp member, Ezeiruaku Ifeyinwa Fidelia, serving at the 13 Brigade headquarters in Calabar, describing it as “monumental embarrassment” to the Force. The Army in a
By Godwin Otang, Tribune Newspaper The Nigerian Navy Ship Victory (NNSV) has arrested three suspected smugglers with one thousand, two hundred and nine (1,209) bags of illegally smuggled parboiled rice along the waterways. The suspects and the goods have been handed over to the Nigerian Customs Service in Calabar, on Monday. The suspects, Humble Edet,
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Cross River State chapter of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has announced the formation of a Zoning Committee amidst claims that the Caretaker Chairman, Sen. Matthew Mbu has been suspended. Mbu was named as a member of the Committee despite claims he, alongside the Secretary, Dr. Ntete Bassey-Duke and Treasurer,
By Jonathan Ugbal Lagos bound passengers of Aero Cally are currently stranded at the Margaret Ekpo International Airport in Calabar following the failure of Flight N2123 from Abuja to land after being cleared to do so. Aero Cally is a contraption of Aero Contractors, an existing airline and Cally Air, the proposed airline of the
By Chuks Okocha, This Day Newspaper As the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Committee for the zoning of offices in the National Working Committee (NWC) began sitting, new calculations have begun to emerge over which part of the country gets what office, amid highwire politics and intrigues. This is even the more interesting, because of the
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Venatius Ikem Esq. a former national publicity secretary of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has emerged as the Chairman in Cross River State. Unopposed, Mr. Ikem scored over 2,000 votes according to the Chairman of the convention planning committee. The State Congress has been delayed since March 2020 following disagreements between Mr.
By Jonathan Ugbal The Senator representing Cross River North, Jarigbe Agom has said his teetered emergence as Senator representing the Northern Senatorial District is an exception to the human perception of the power Governors wield today in Nigeria. Senator Agom stated this in Abuja at a reception ceremony at the JD’s Garden in Abuja after
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Judicial officers, lawyers, and practitioners in the judiciary are currently in shock after thunder struck Court 3 of the Chief Magistrate Court in the Ikom Magisterial district of Cross River State. Ikom is a commercial town in central Cross River and is located nearly 205 kilometres north of the southern port city