Joint Task Force, JTF, tagged Operation Pulo Shield, set up by the Federal Government to rid the maritime environment of criminal elements in the Eastern waterways, has arrested an Assistant Superintendent of Police, ASP, over alleged illegal oil bunkering. The security outfit also uncovered and raided an expansive oil depot, where diesel was stored in
by crossriverwatch admin The Acting Governor of Cross River State Mr. Efiok Cobham today flagged off the Calabar Carnival. The flag-off ceremony was witnessed by other dignitaries including Senate Leader, Senator Ndoma Egba, Minister of Culture and Tourism, Mr. Edem Duke amongst others. The government is expected to make an official statement at the announcement
by crossriverwatch admin A former Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN governorship candidate and former member, House of Representatives, Mr. Emmanuel Ibeshi has urged the people of Obudu to use the coming year 2013 to make positive contributions that will arouse the impugned dignity of the Obudu people. The former PDP national director of publicity made
by crossriverwatch admin Three suspects escaped from the Akamkpa police station overnight. Crossriverwatch gathered from a reliable police source that the three unnamed suspects were arrested early in November for raping a lady in Akamkpa. It was further gathered that the suspects had been duly arraigned before a magistrate who ordered that they should be
by crossriverwatch admin A 26-man Brazilian Carnival Band has arrived Calabar to participate in Carnival Calabar. Known as the Vai Vai Samba Band, the Brazilians thrilled a crowd that gathered at the Margaret Ekpo International Airport to welcome them. Speaking through an interpreter, the leader of the band, Thobias Da Vai-vai described the reception as
by crossriverwatch admin Prof. Ben Ayade, the Senator representing Cross River North Senatorial District in the National Assembly and one of the favourite for the ruling party’s 2015 governorship ticket, on Sunday (yesterday) handed three new Honda CRV jeeps to People Democratic Party PDP women leaders from three local governments in the Cross River North
by crossriverwatch admin The Assistant Inspector General of Police AIG Zone 6 in Calabar, Alhaji Ibrahim Mukhtari is dead crossriverwatch can report. Alhaji Mukhtari died yesterday at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital UCTH after he was rushed to the hospital for an undisclosed ailment. The Force Public Relations Officer for Zone 6 Command, SP
by crossriverwatch admin Crossriverwatch findings have revealed that for reasons attributable to mismanagement and conflict of interest, the Women and Children’s Hospital in Calabar, owned by Onari Duke, wife of the erstwhile governor of Cross River State, Mr. Donald Duke has remained shut since April 2012. The salaries of doctors and other paramedical staff sacked