By Judex Okoro, The Sun Newspaper Tension and fear have gripped residents of Calabar, the capital of Cross River State, as kidnappers seem to have invaded the metropolis, following the abduction of an undergraduate of Arthur Jarvis University and nine others in the last three weeks. This is happening even as Operation Akpakwu, the state’s
By Bankole Abe, The ICIR The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has urged the Nigeria Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA) to adhere to best practices in business and encourage its members to make integrity and ethical conduct their watchwords. The advice was given in Abuja on Tuesday by the Chairman of
By Jonathan Ugbal A group of concerned civic space actors, family, and a colleague of rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong Esq who was jailed by the Chief Judge of the High Court of Akwa Ibom State, Justice Ekaette Obot for alleged contempt are kicking against his transfer from the Ikot Ekpene Medium Security Custodial Center to
By CrossRiverWatch Admin No fewer than twenty-three Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) have knocked Justice Ekaette Fabian Obot, Chief Judge of Akwa Ibom State High Court for committing Barrister Inibehe Effiong to one-month imprisonment for contempt of court. The CSOs in a press release alleged that Inibehe’s imprisonment is an attempt to shut up the already
By Ada Wodu, Punch Newspaper The Federal Road Safety Corps, Cross River State Sector Command, is set to clamp down on vehicles without genuine number plates, asking owners of the affected vehicles to rectify them or risk being arrested. The warning was contained in a statement issued by the spokesman of the Command, Mark Ajuka,
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The incident happened on 31st July 2022 in Ekori LGA, Cross River State Central Senatorial District. Until his dismissal PC Okoi Liyomo who joined the Police in 2019 with force number 524503 was attached to Ekori Division. Watch:
By Jonathan Ugbal Nigeria’s secret police, the SSS on Sunday, arrested a lecturer at the University of Calabar (UNICAL), Mr. Dennis Inakefe in a gestapo-styled operation. Mr. Inakefe was picked up at about 5:00 AM in his Calabar residence with terrified neighbors shouted at by the operatives who were armed and numbered about six while
Calabar, the Cross River State capital, once reputed as the cleanest city in Nigeria, is currently “at war” with heaps of refuse, competing for space with residents, Ada Wodu of Punch Newspaper writes. For some weeks now, the Cross River State Government has been battling to evacuate heaps of refuse all over Calabar, the State