By Tina Agosi Todo, Guardian Newspaper An armed robbery gang, yesterday, raided houses and carted away pots of soup at the Mbukpa, Ambo, and Adak Uko areas of Calabar South Local Council of Cross River State. Though burglary was a regular occurrence in these areas, the carting away of pots of soup and food items
By Ogar Monday, Prime Progress This is how a mother of four learned that pigs can drown. In October last year, Rima Adoga woke up one night to a disturbing noise outside her house. “My husband was not around. It was just me and my children,” she said in her native Yala language. When she
By Godwin Otang Cross River-born Police Officer, inspector Effa Enya, who hails from Igbo Imabana in Abi Local Government Area of Cross River State, is dead after battling with illness. Effa joined the police force in November 2008. He once worked at the Cross River State Command as a hard and software analyst before moving
By Godwin Otang The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), has charged the suspended Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Calabar (UNICAL) Professor Cyril Ndifon to Court on a 4-count charge. In the charge sheet number: FHC/ABJ/CR/511/2023, the ICPC’s charge against the Professor of Law is bordering on sexual harassment,
By Patrick Obia The Commissioner of Police, Cross River State Command, CP Gyogon Augustine Grimah has called on car owners in the State to enroll their vehicles in the Police Digitalized Center Motor Registry (CMR) for effective tracking prevention of car theft. This was contained in a press release issued on Tuesday, October 31, 2023,
By Able Winnard The Government of Cross River State has withdrawn its traffic enforcement officers from all routes in the State till further notice. Recently there have been a series of complaints of over-ticketing, harassment, and attacks by the said enforcement officers. This, however, led to a peaceful protest by commercial drivers in the metropolis
By Kelvin Ololo A yet-to-be-identified man has been lynched by angry mobs at Ikot Ansa Bus stop, in Calabar Municipal Local Government Area of Cross River State. The incident took place late Sunday night towards the wee hours of Monday within the Asimi Ita community where the middle-aged man was caught allegedly breaking into an
By Godwin Otang Selected Journalists in Cross River State have been charged to employ digital, data and visualizations to make their job more effective and impactful. This was the nutshell at a one-day Data Journalism Training held in Calabar, a few days ago. The training which is the third in the annual series featured journalists