By CrossRiverWatch Admin A Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Calabar and presided over by Rita Marshall has adjourned its ruling on a no case submission filed by the defendants in case number MC/428C/19. The defendants, Jonathan Ugbal and Jeremiah Archibong are the News Editor and Managing Editor of CrossRiverWatch, an online Newspaper based in Cross
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Wife of number one drug lord in Calabar, simply identified as Glory, was abducted by kidnappers on Saturday, CrossRiverWatch can report authoritatively. CrossRiverWatch learnt that Glory is the wife of a notorious drug lord in Calabar popularly known as Abonima. Earlier, a staff in the safety department of UNICEM in Akamkpa, Joe
By Joseph Obung, Blue Print Newspaper The Cross River State Government has said it is introducing security numbers for all cabs operating in the State for proper documentation and identification in the face of the security challenges. The Commissioner for Transport, Mr. Oqua Oqua, who disclosed this Friday, during a chat with our reporter, said
By Ike Uchechukwu, Vanguard Newspaper The National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, has warmed that 14 Local Government Areas in Cross River are vulnerable to flooding, following the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) and the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NISHA) prediction of May 2020. The Director-General of NEMA, Air Vice Marshall Mohammed Mohammed (Rtd), disclosed this in
By Judex Okoro, The Sun Newspaper Refuses to grant interlocutory injunction Palpable fear and tension have gripped some members of PDP in Cross River following the withdrawal of Justice Elias Abua from a suit challenging the inauguration of ward and Local Governments Executive Committees. Following the directive by the National Working Committee (NWC) of PDP,
By Jonathan Ugbal A Mobile Court in Lagos state has discharged and acquitted 19 members of the RevolutionNow movement arrested earlier today by men of the Nigerian Police Force. Journalist and rights activist, Agba Jalingo facing trial for alleged acts of treasonable felony due to an article he wrote in July 2019, was among the
By Jonathan Ugbal CrossRiverWatch publisher, Agba Jalingo and 18 others participating in the #RevolutionNow protest in Ikeja, Lagos have been arrested by men of the Nigerian Police Force. Witnesses say they were protesting at Ikeja under bridge in Lagos when the Police swooped in and effected a mass arrest after firing teargas canisters. The #RevolutionNow
By Jonathan Ugbal Mrs Kate Agbor, a resident of Calabar has written to the Commissioner of Police (CP) in Cross River state, Mr. Jimoh Ibrahim disclosing that an Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Mr. Stephen Udeme Brown attempted to rape her. This comes Barely a week after CP Ibrahim warned officers against conducts that will