By Ogar Monday Claim: An alleged picture of Ebuka Uchendu, a popular TV host putting on the Tinubu signature cap as a mark of support has surfaced online. Verdict: False. The alleged image featuring Mr Ebuka with the Tinubu trademark cdoctored. Full Text As the election season draws nearer, political actors and their supporters continue
“Back to South is about Collective Responsibility. Where everyone that has been shouting Back-to-South is to be held accountable for the failures or successes of the incoming government led by someone from the South. In other words, Back to South proponents are saying the next government will not be a one-man show. It will be
For the past 25 years, I’ve been unfairly moving from one court to another in Nigeria in criminal trials for crimes I never committed. Not once have I been convicted of any crime and not once have I run away from my trial. I doubt if I even have any record of missing a court
By Jonathan Ugbal A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, FCT and presided over by Justice Zainab Abubakar has adjourned the arraignment of Nigerian journalist and activist, Citizen Agba Jalingo until March 27, 2023, to query him whether he was served his charge sheet with proof of evidence or not. The
By Patrick Obia Controversy has continued to trail the murder of Boki-born graduate, Promise Ekong in a hotel, Stanzel Grand Resort, 5th Avenue, Gwarinpa, Abuja. Promise, who concluded her National Youth Service in November 2022, was said to have drowned in the hotel’s shallow swimming pool after she was invited by a yet-to-be-identified friend on
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.