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
In this report, Elijah Akoji of SOLACEBASE uncovered through Fact-Checking how Kano State deputy governor’s claim to have sponsored 52 patients for free eye surgery at Makkah Eye Clinic in Kano State, to be false, and misleading. Elijah Akoji, SolaceBase Investigation has shown that the Deputy Governor of Kano State Aminu Abdulssalam Gwarzo gave misleading
By Sylvia Akpan And Precious Ebika The Executive Governor of Cross River State, Senator Bassey Otu has congratulated President Bola Tinubu on the recent Supreme Court judgment that affirms him as the duly elected President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. He gave the felicitation in a video made available to CrossRiverWatch where the Governor
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 Joseph Odey Foundation, the Ministry of Youth Development, and the Ministry of Information in Cross River State have jointly described, as very estimable, the excellent academic strides of 15-year-old Grace Unimwoshi. Speaking at an award-giving ceremony at the Emeraldfield School in Calabar, Mr. Joseph Odey, founder of the Joseph Odey Foundation,
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By Able Winnard The Government of Cross River State has withdrawn its traffic enforcement officers from all routes in the State till further notice.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