By Emma Una, Vanguard Newspaper Two widows, Mrs. Martina Osom and Mrs. Rose Akon, were tortured to death by youths in Ebbaken community, Boje, Boki Local Government Area of Cross River State over witchcraft allegations on Saturday. An eye witness, a son-in-law to one of the widows, told Vanguard that both women were returning from
By Patrick Obia A section of one of the most popular markets in the city of Calabar, Ika Ika Oqua better known as Marian market was gutted by fire in the wee hours of Tuesday 30 August 2022. The cause of the fire, eyewitnesses, and traders say started about 2am can not be ascertained but
By Adejumo Kabir, HumAngle Isoko Eta, 42, sat quietly in front of his burnt house. He had just swept the surroundings of his late wife’s grave and was thinking about how to raise their newborn twins. HumAngle learnt that Eta’s wife, Joy, died of shock from Nigerian soldiers’ gunshots while trying to give birth on
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Residents of Cross River State have expressed dissatisfaction with the state’s local government administrations, scoring the administrators low in social, economic, and political functionalities in the last three years. This was recently revealed in the Local Government Performance Survey conducted by YMonitor to assess the delivery of public goods and effective services
By Patrick Obia Liberty Gospel Church has ended week-long activities to mark its 30th anniversary in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. The event which drew members worldwide was held from 22-28 August 2022 at the church headquarters, off Ndidem Usang Iso road, Calabar with various activities. And on Saturday, which was viewed as D-Day,
By George Odok, NAN The Cross River Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) says it had arrested one suspect for an alleged attempt to vandalize a pipeline. Mr. Samuel Fadeyi, State Commandant of the corps, made this known on Monday in Calabar, while briefing newsmen on the activities of the corps.
By Anietie Akpan, Calabar Guinness, a premium beer brand, is partnering with 13 communities in Cross River State to promote culture in Nigeria. Guinness Brand Manager, Cynthia Ufele, who said this at the weekend during the celebration of this year’s Mbube New Yam Festival celebration by the 13 communities that make up Mbube, in Ogoja
Activist and publisher of CrossRiverWatch, Agba Jalingo, who was arrested by the police in his Lagos home and whisked to Abuja allegedly on the order of the wife of the younger brother of the Governor of Cross River State, speaks to GODFREY GEORGE of Punch Newspaper about his experience. What led to your recent arrest by the