By The Parchment A popular Efik Master of Ceremonies and radio presenter, Itiat Zion has been murdered by yet to be identified persons. Until his untimely death, Itiat Zion anchored major Efik traditional marriages among other events where he entertained his audience. Sources say the popular MC who met his untimely death yesterday, close to
By Archibong Jeremiah and Maxwell Effiong The new Secretary for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Barrister George Abang Ekpungu, is facing an indictment from the Cross River State Government for unaccounted N2.5 million. In May 2018, Ekpungu received the sum of N2.5 million from the Ministry of Lands and Urban Planning for residential
By Emmanuel Una Ogoja sons and daughters have endorsed Ambassador Emmanuel Asegem to represent Ogoja/Yala in the House of Representative. The endorsement took place when he stopped briefly on his way to Bekwarra to honor late Mike Ogar, 4th Speaker of Cross River State House of Assembly, where he was cheered by the youths and friends on
By Omolola Afolabi, HumAngle Gberefu is a coastal community of mostly farmers and fishers in Badagry, a border town in Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria. It was from here that thousands of Nigerians were kept and sold during the Trans-Atlantic slave trade. The sites and relics of that history are still there to remind visitors of the
By Ushang Ewa The entrance to the Government House in Calabar, the Cross River State capital is currently inaccessible as retirees have blocked access into the office premises. They are protesting over unpaid gratuities and pensions. Security operatives are unsure of what to do as Governor Ben Ayade and his Plateau State counterpart, Simon Lalong
By Ushang Ewa Friends, associates and relatives of victims of abduction in Cross River State are now raising funds to pay ransoms for those kidnapped especially in Calabar, the State capital. The State has witnessed a huge surge in kidnappings with a Police source saying no fewer than 22 people have been abducted in about
By Ben Aroh, The Whistler Chinonye Onodugo clinches her three-year-old daughter—she sits on a wooden bench—waiting to be attended to by a community health worker under a mango tree. Her daughter has been feverish and needs to be attended to, but there is no other place to seek medical help than a dilapidated health centre
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Initial reports suggest that at least two people died in a car crash on Tuesday night along Yellow Duke street in Calabar South Local Government Area of Cross River State. Images obtained by CrossRiverWatch show that the car flipped and somersaulted into a hole created by flash floods just next to the