By Patrick Obia After hours of interrogation at the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) of the Nigeria Police Force, Cross River State Command, embattled lawmaker, Honorable Dickson Ovat Agbor, has been released. His interrogation was confirmed to CrossRiverWatch by the Command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) ASP Sunday Eitokpah Akata. However, the PPRO in a
By Patrick Obia Information reaching our newsroom has it that Hon. Dickson Ovat Agbor, who allegedly beat and got his wife half blind has been arrested by the police. He was arrested by the Cross River State Command of the Nigeria Police Force, on Monday, March 9, 2026. confirming the arrest to CrossRiverWatch, the Command
By Kelvin Ololo The lawmaker representing Yakurr 1 State Constituency in the Cross River State House of Assembly, Hon. Cyril Omini, has publicly addressed the controversy surrounding the arrest of former presidential aide, Chief Okoi Obono-Obla, insisting that his petition to the Nigeria Police Force was motivated by a demand for truth and not a
By Sylvia Akpan The Police in Cross River State, has confirmed the arrest of former presidential aide to former President Buhari, Chief Okoi Obono-Obla over an alleged forgery. The arrest carried out on Thursday, February 19, 2026 was trailed with insinuation with many alleging he was kidnapped by unknown men. But the Police in the
By Solomon Odeniyi, Punch Operatives of the Department of State Services have arrested two suspected kidnappers linked to the 2023 abduction and killing of a neurology professor, Ekanem Philip-Ephraim, in Cross River State. Philip-Ephraim was abducted on July 13, 2023, at her office in Calabar, Cross River State, and was later confirmed killed by her
By Patrick Obia Determined to keep Cross River State safe during the ongoing festivities period, the Cross River State Command of the Nigeria Police Force has arrested a man with illegal firearms, just a few days a man was also arrested with illegal firearms. The arrest was made during a crime prevention patrol by the
By Kelvin Ololo The Cross River State Police Command says a suspected gang member, Michael Michael Edoh, has been arrested during a routine security sweep in Calabar, the state capital. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) CSP Ugbo Irene, said the suspect was apprehended around the Jonathan Bypass axis,
To believe a breed like Omoyele Sowore exists, he might just be the last of the radicals and true revolutionaries - and, we must not misread him! We must protect him or, we will miss out!!