By Able Winnard Few hours to the Biase, Obanliku, and Yala Local Government Areas by-elections scheduled for Saturday, February 3rd, 2024, the Cross River State Command of the Nigerian Police Force has warned against electoral violence. The Command in a press release issued on Friday by its Police Public Relations Officer, SP Irene Ugbo for
By CrossRiverWatch Admin There is panic on campus as the University of Calabar (UNICAL) Registry Unit has been gutted by fire. The incident occurred on Thursday Night. Video footage shows young people calling on the fire service to come to their aid. As of press time, it was not yet known what caused the fire.
By Sylvia Akpan, Government House Correspondent The Nigerian Police Force, Cross River State Command, and the State Government have placed total restrictions on vehicular and human movement in the affected local government areas. The affected Local Government Areas are Biase, Obanliku, and Yala, where the rerun election will be held this Saturday 3rd February 2024.
By Patrick Obia The Commissioner of Police of Cross River State, CP Gyogon Augustine Grimah has organized and trained over three hundred (300) police officers in the State on internal security architecture for effective policing. The training held in Police Officers’ Mess, Moore Road, Calabar, had senior officers, inspectors, and others in attendance. The officers
By Mary Bassey, House of Assembly Correspondent The Cross River State House of Assembly in a matter of urgent public interest has called on the State Government to take proactive steps towards revamping Songhai Farm after the recent fire outbreak. In a plenary held Tuesday 30th, 2024 at the Assembly Complex the member representing Abi
By Godwin Otang The Cross River State Ministry of Transportation has acknowledged that Governor Bassey Otu’s administration took up the Ministry from scratch, saying that some of the challenges the Ministry faces are relics of the old order, which can not be washed away overnight. The decay in the Ministry was acknowledged by the Commissioner
By Media Rights Agenda A Federal High Court in Abuja today declared null and void the provisions of the Nigeria Broadcasting Code authorizing the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to impose fines on broadcast stations for alleged breaches of the Code as it ruled that administrative and regulatory bodies could not exercise judicial powers. Delivering judgment
By Patrick Obia The Nigerian Police Force, Cross River State Command will on Wednesday, 24 to Friday 26 January 2024 commence a two-day range shooting practice in Akpabuyo Local Government Area. In a press release issued on Monday, 22 January by the Command’s Police Public Relations Officer – SP Irene Ugbo, for the Commissioner of