By Emma Una, Vanguard Newspaper A medical doctor with Monaya Hospital, Ogoja in the northern part of Cross River State has reportedly been attacked by Fulani herdsmen. The doctor who gave his name as Njoku said he narrowly escaped being abducted by two herdsmen on Tuesday night shortly after he arrived home from work. “I
By CrossRiverWatch Admin A dreaded gang leader in Cross River State, Kingsley Utomobong, and his gang members have been arrested for the murder of an Assistant Commissioner of Police, Egbe Edum. Edum was hacked to death by gunmen on Wednesday, December 2, at 8 Miles area, along the Murtala Mohammed Highway in Calabar. It was
By Patrick Obia Hult Prize Foundation is set to stage 2020 challenge in Calabar, the Cross River State Capital. Hult Prize, a foundation is geared towards transforming how young people envision their own possibilities as leaders of change in the world around them. With a US$1,000,000 global startup prize as its anchor activity, Hult Prize
By Archibong Jeremiah The Cross River Police Command on Monday confirmed that seven detained suspects arrested for various offences escaped from its cell on December 13, 2020 and not 19 as it was reported. The State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Irene Ugbo made the clarification in a release issued in Calabar. Ugbo cleared that
By Anietie Akpan, The Guardian Newspaper The new Cross River Obudu International Passenger and Cargo Airport will become operational with effect from next year just as the State Government claims to have paid N900 million compensation to affected land lord communities. Speaking with some newsmen in Obudu recently, the Commissioner for Aviation, Dr. Jake Otu Enya
By Archibong Jeremiah Citizen Agba Jalingo has received Gani Fawehinmi award for Impact and Integrity (GFIIA). The award was presented yesterday as part of activities marking the 2020 Human Rights Day. It was presented by Honorable Justice Olubunmi Oyewole, Justice of the Court of Appeal at the event which held at Radisson hotel, Ikeja Lagos.
By Jonathan Ugbal Stephen Odey, one of the candidates of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the December 5, 2020 senatorial by-elections in northern Cross River has been presented with a certificate of return by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The certificate was signed by the acting Chairman of the commission, AVM Ahmad Tijjani
By Archibong Jeremiah The recently launched Operation Akpakwu by the Cross River State Governor, Sen. Ben Ayade is yielding result. As a result of the stop and search road blocks mounted by the operation team in strategic locations, one Etim Bassey suspected to be a notorious kidnapper has been arrested and is cooling his feet