Ikot Ansa Clan Hails Otu On 3rd Anniversary
Nkonib (Ikot Ansa) Qua Clan in Calabar has praised Governor Bassey Otu for three years of purposeful leadership and endorsed his emergence as APC candidate for the 2027 Cross River governorship election.
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Police Sets For Shooting Range Practice In Cross River Community
- by Patrick
- June 3, 2026
By Sylvia Akpan The Cross River State Police Command has notified the general public that the Command will conduct a routine shooting range exercise on Friday, 5th June 2026, at Asabanka, Anyanganse Community, Akpabuyo Local Government Area, commencing at 8:00 a.m. According to a statement issued by the Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Eitokpah Sunday
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458 Police Officers Promoted In Cross River
- by Patrick
- June 3, 2026
By Sylvia Akpan No fewer than 458 police officers of the Cross River State Command have been promoted from the rank of Constable to Corporal, with the Commissioner of Police, CP Rashid B. Afegbua, tasking them to justify their elevation through professionalism, integrity, and improved service delivery. The decoration ceremony, held on Tuesday, June 2,
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Mother, Pastor Allegedly Torture Teenager To Death In Cross River
- by Patrick
- June 2, 2026
By Hannah Ijege The Cross River State Police command have launched an investigation following the death of a 14-year-old girl, Nancy Peter, who died after being subjected to multiple alleged beatings by her mother and a local pastor in Wula community, Boki Local Government Area of the state. Confirming the incident in a press statement
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How Anguish, Vengeance Fueled Man’s Desire To Kill 2 In Cross River
- by Patrick
- June 1, 2026
By Sylvia Akpan A 40-year-old man, Akaninyine Eretus, has confessed that pain and revenge were the motivation behind his action of killing two people in Cross River State community. He revealed this while assisting the State Police Command in an ongoing investigation for his and one other arrest. CrossRiverWatch reported earlier that the suspect was
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Tracking Tinubu’s Tenure: CPJ Exposes Nigeria’s Media Repression Reality
- by Patrick
- May 31, 2026
By CPJ In the three years since Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu assumed office on May 29, 2023, journalists have been repeatedly arrested, attacked, and harassed — yet, the government has sought to deny this reality. Vice President Kashim Shettima suggested in February that no journalists have been harassed in Nigeria since Tinubu took office,
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Police Confirms Arrest Of Suspected Serial Killer, Employee Who Stabbed Master In Cross River Communities
- by Patrick
- May 29, 2026
By Patrick Obia The Cross River State Command of the Nigeria Police Force, has confirmed the arrest of a suspected serial killer and his female cohort, Akaninyine Eretus and 35-year-old Uduak Essien over multiple killings and disappearances in Odukpani Local Government Area of the State. CrossRiverWatch reported earlier that the suspect was apprehended by a
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Suspected Serial Killer Arrested In Cross River
- by Patrick
- May 29, 2026
By CrossRiverWatch Admin A suspected serial killer identified as Akaninyene, has been arrested in Creektown following intelligence that linked him to the disappearance and murder of a recent victim. Security operatives, acting on a tip off tracked him to an isolated hut he built inside a forest in Abanyama, Ukim Ita Community, Creektown of Odukpani