By Onyedika Agbedo, Tobi Awodipe, Maria Diamond (Lagos) and Gordi Udeajah (Umuahia), Isa Abdulsalami Ahovi (Jos), Uzoma Nzeagwu (Awka), Ayodele Afolabi (Ado Ekiti), Timothy Agbor (Osogbo), Agosi Todo, (Calabar) and Charles Ogugbuaja (Owerri) – The Guardian Local Councils in Nigeria have their roles in the governance chain clearly spelt out in the 1999 Constitution. As
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Cross River Police Command has bursted a criminal hideout at the popular Watt market in Calabar, the State’s capital. 14 suspects were arrested at the site. The team was led by the Commissioner of Police, CP Sikiru Akande. More details…
By Lawrence Njoku (Enugu), Anietie Akpan (Calabar), Odita Sunday and Tobi Awodipe (Lagos), Osiberoha Osibe Awkas Ogugbuaja (Owerri) – The Guardian • In Enugu, Anambra, Officers Desert Streets, Checkpoints, Disguise To Operate • Our Morale Is Low After #EndSARS, Officers Lament • ‘I Am Ready To Resign If I Can Get Another Job’ • Prepare
By Archibong Jeremiah Following the public outcry and criticism of the worrisome state of wood logging in Cross River State, the Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has warned those involved in the criminal activities to desist or face the full wrath of the law. Governor Ayade gave the stern warning during a recent security meeting in
By Archibong Jeremiah Men of the Nigeria Police Force, Ekori Division, Cross River State Command, on Friday, repelled an attempted invasion of the community by unknown gunmen. According to a reliable community source who witnessed the shoot out, “Six men suspected to be from neighbouring Afikpo in Ebonyi State, came in a boat to our
By Tony Okafor – Awka, Punch Newspaper Human rights lawyer, Mike Ozekhome, SAN has faulted the call by 17 Southern Governors for a constitutional conference. The Governors had said such a conference would straighten knotty problems confronting the country. But Ozekhome who spoke in Anambra State on Thursday, as a keynote speaker at the 25th
By Edem Edem, Daily Post A serving Superintendent of Customs, Mba Ukweni Edu has been kidnapped at a river in Cross River State. The incident, according to an eyewitness who pleaded anonymity occurred on Friday between 1pm – 2pm at the riverbank in Etono Central in Biakpan, Biase LGA. The victim it was learnt was
By Hafeez Hanafi, Punch Newspaper The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Person, NAPTIP, has begun profiling 22 teenagers rescued from a brothel on the premises of Kolab Hotel on Ayetoro Road, Ogun State, with a view to rehabilitating them. The agency had also launched a manhunt for the syndicate involved in the