By Patrick Obia The Cross River State Police Command has debunked reports that the Commander of Operation Restore Peace, SP Essien Efoli was attacked by unknown gunmen at the Biase axis of the Ikom – Calabar highway. It was earlier reported that SP Efoli in the early hours of Monday 13, February 2023 was attacked
By Jonathan Ugbal Less than 24 hours after the Chief of Staff to Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River, Mr. Martin Orim was attacked by gunmen at Biase axis of the Ikom – Calabar highway, a Senior Police Officer in the State Command, Essien Efoli suffered the same fate. Efoli, a Chief Superintendent of Police,
By Jonathan Ugbal Information reaching CrossRiverWatch says gunmen attacked the convoy of Chief Martin Orim, the Chief of Staff to Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade. The incident happened on Sunday afternoon at the Biase axis of the Ikom – Calabar highway which has seen increasing attacks by armed kidnappers in the past six months.
Dear Esteemed Listeners, We regret to inform you that the 339th Episode of your favorite weekend topical issues program – The Dialogue With Agba Jalingo will not air as usual from 6:15 to 7:00 PM today, Sunday, February 12, 2023. This is due to the mandate issued to our partner, Hit 95.9 FM, to join
By Patrick Obia Connected Development (CODE), a Pan-Africa non-profit-making organization with a mission to empower grassroots communities in Africa with information and hold government accountable, has ended its one-day citizens-led campaign on social accountability, and implementation workshop in Calabar, Cross River State. The workshop which is phase 2 of “The Power of Voices Partnership (PVP)”
By Patrick Obia Following the death of a 400-level student of Computer Science, University of Cross River State (UNICROSS) by suspected operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) on Thursday 9 February 2023, management of the institution has appealed for “sustain calm and peace on campus.” The varsity made the appeal in circular number
By Agency Reporter The attention of the Cross River State Government has cleared the air on the recent killing of a UNICROSS student. The State Government in a press release maintained that the report circulating around is misleading, thus painting authorities in a bad light. The release signed by Dr. Alfred Mboto, Permanent Secretary of
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Council of chiefs in Obubra Local Government Area of Cross River State, led by the Paramount Ruler, HRM, Ovarr Clement Ewona, has rejected the gubernatorial aspiration of Sen. Sandy Onor of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) saying they should go back to zoning. The traditional rulers made the assertion when the