By CrossRiverWatch Admin Listen To The Audio The Police in Borno State has arrested one Clement Asuk from Akamkpa LGA of Cross River State. He was arrested at Kano park, Maiduguri in possession of 126 anti-aircraft ammunition, and 222 of 7.62mm of live ammunition. Others are 517 of 7.62mm by 51 live ammunition, and 7.62mm
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Listen To The Report It has been 10 days since Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the Abuja division of the Federal High Court sacked 20 lawmakers from Cross River State for defecting to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) had taken the federal lawmakers representing Obubra/Etung federal constituency, Mike
By Sylvia Akpan Listen To The Report A combined team of Federal Fire Service, Nigeria Ports Authority, and good samaritans successfully combated an explosion in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. Earlier today, there was an explosion caused by a fuel tanker while negotiating Zone 6 roundabout. The incident happened at about 1PM and no
By Blessing Ekong Listen To The Report Sequel to the Academic Staff Union of Universities, (ASUU) extended eight weeks of strike and the recent Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Education and Associated Institutions (NASU) strike, the management of the University of Calabar, UNICAL, has asked students to
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Listen To The Report Sergeant Okoi Otu, Sergeant Vincent Ayade, and four others are currently in Police custody for allegedly stealing tiles from the Canadian University Obudu in Cross River State. According to an insider, there had been several complaints about missing materials from the institute which led authorities to set a
By Sylvia Akpan Listen To The Report A yet-to-be-identified transport enforcement team of the Cross River State Government has been caught on tape manhandling a taxi driver. The incident according to a video shared by News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, Correspondent, George Odok on Facebook happened along Ndidem Usang Iso Road, directly opposite the Calabar
By Monday Ogar and Sylvia Akpan Listen To The Article The Cross River Traditional Rulers Council have thrown their weight behind the fight against ritual killings and witchcraft branding, killing, and abandonment. The traditional rulers in a statement issued recently under the aegis of the Cross River Initiative for Peace, Conflict Resolution and Empowerment, an
By Ogar Monday Listen to The Article An unidentified officer of Nigeria’s Vehicle Inspection Agency, VIO in Cross River State has been asked to replace a vehicle’s windscreen he destroyed. The officer, CrossRiverWatch understands, was on duty at Obubra, on the ever-busy Ikom-Calabar highway when the incident happened. Elijah Ugani, a journalist who posted the