By CrossRiverWatch Admin The dreaded gang leader in Cross River State, Kingsley Utomobong, who was arrested last week along with some members of his gang has been killed in Police custody, CrossRiverWatch has reliably confirmed from multiple security sources. Details of his death are still sketchy but CrossRiverWatch is following the story. But multiple security
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Commissioner of Police in Cross River State, Lanre Abdulkadir Jimoh is dead. Sources in the Police command say Mr. Jimoh died at an isolation center in Calabar, the State’s capital. He is said to have showed COVID-19 symptoms and CrossRiverWatch has reached the Police command for comment. Several calls to DSP
By Emma Una, Vanguard Newspaper A medical doctor with Monaya Hospital, Ogoja in the northern part of Cross River State has reportedly been attacked by Fulani herdsmen. The doctor who gave his name as Njoku said he narrowly escaped being abducted by two herdsmen on Tuesday night shortly after he arrived home from work. “I
By CrossRiverWatch Admin A dreaded gang leader in Cross River State, Kingsley Utomobong, and his gang members have been arrested for the murder of an Assistant Commissioner of Police, Egbe Edum. Edum was hacked to death by gunmen on Wednesday, December 2, at 8 Miles area, along the Murtala Mohammed Highway in Calabar. It was
By Patrick Obia Hult Prize Foundation is set to stage 2020 challenge in Calabar, the Cross River State Capital. Hult Prize, a foundation is geared towards transforming how young people envision their own possibilities as leaders of change in the world around them. With a US$1,000,000 global startup prize as its anchor activity, Hult Prize
By Archibong Jeremiah The Cross River Police Command on Monday confirmed that seven detained suspects arrested for various offences escaped from its cell on December 13, 2020 and not 19 as it was reported. The State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Irene Ugbo made the clarification in a release issued in Calabar. Ugbo cleared that
By Anietie Akpan, The Guardian Newspaper The new Cross River Obudu International Passenger and Cargo Airport will become operational with effect from next year just as the State Government claims to have paid N900 million compensation to affected land lord communities. Speaking with some newsmen in Obudu recently, the Commissioner for Aviation, Dr. Jake Otu Enya
By Archibong Jeremiah Citizen Agba Jalingo has received Gani Fawehinmi award for Impact and Integrity (GFIIA). The award was presented yesterday as part of activities marking the 2020 Human Rights Day. It was presented by Honorable Justice Olubunmi Oyewole, Justice of the Court of Appeal at the event which held at Radisson hotel, Ikeja Lagos.