By Patrick Obia Following the recent claims of ranging manhood snatching in Calabar metropolis, the Government of Cross River State has debunked such claims, warning against peddling falsehood. The Government refuted the claims in a press statement issued on Wednesday in Calabar by the Commissioner for Information Mr. Erasmus Ekpang, stating that after thorough investigation
By Sylvia Akpan, Government House Correspondent The Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) Cross River State chapter, has given the Governor of Cross River State Senator Bassey Edet Otu 90 days ultimatum to conduct the postponed local government elections in the State. This was contained in a press release signed by the IPAC State Chairman – Anthong
By Patrick Obia The Governor of Cross River State, Senator Bassey Edet Otu, has imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew on warring communities of Ugaga and Igbekurekor, as well as in Benekaba/Ujama Communities in Yala Local Government Area of the State. The curfew, which is with immediate effect, Governor Otu said, is to forestall further loss of
By Sylvia Akpan, Government House Correspondent Cross River State Commissioner for Women Affairs, Hon. Edema Irom, says the State will use agriculture as one of its springboards to empower women as part of deliberate measures to alleviate poverty. The Commissioner disclosed this during the 2023 Apiapum New Yam Festivals, held at Apiapum, Obubra Local Government
By Jonathan Ugbal The death toll in the conflict between the Ijiegu-Yache community in Yala Local Government Area of Cross River State and the Mbaaka community of Konshisha Local Government Area of Benue State has climbed to at least eight. This follows the gruesome murder of two children yesterday. The root cause of the war
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Two communities in Yala Local Government Area of northern Cross River State, Ugaga and Igbekurekor are currently at war with each other, information reaching CrossRiverWatch shows. The conflict started last weekend, Tim Ugaga Esq, the President of the Ugaga Family Union, says. “It is about land and boundaries. It is unfortunate that
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Police has arrived at a scene where a mob had gathered to lynch two after one man, unnamed, claimed his penis and testicles disappeared. The incident occurred moments ago at the roundabout linking Akai Effa (MCC Road) with the GoodLuck Ebele Jonathan bypass road in Calabar, the Cross River State capital.
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Information reaching our newsroom has it that minutes ago a crisis broke out between two Yala communities in Cross River State. A native of one of the communities reached out to our newsroom. The communities fighting are Benekaba and Ujama, Ukelle South. Four persons were shot and are in critical condition in