By Our Reporter Men of the Nigeria Police Special Anti Robbery Squad, SARS Cross River Command foiled a robbery attempt Thursday afternoon at Mayne Avenue Calabar South. According to eyewitnesses who spoke to our reporter the Police were able to foil the robbery attempt by a gang of four armed men after engaging in
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Residents of Calabar South Local Government Area, Cross River State otherwise referred to as the most notorious neighborhood in the State have in the past one week been witnessing another gang war leading to loss of lives and properties. The area had been in peace for about 3-4 months preceded by about
By CrossRiverWatch admin No fewer than 15 lives have been lost in 48 hours to the ongoing war between members of two criminal gangs, the Baggars Confraternity and Mafians, a version of the Klans confraternity in Calabar, findings by CrossRiverWatch reveal. This follows the yet to end war between the Klans confraternity and Black Axe
By CrossRiverWatch admin Coalition Of Civil Society Groups Charge Governor Ayade To Reinstate Effiong Mbukpa As King Of Efuts Coalition of civil society groups in Nigeria has called on the Cross River State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade to publish the report of the administrative panel of inquiry into the tussle for succession to the throne
By Utang Bassey The atmosphere in Calabar South local government area of Cross River State is growing tense following the shooting of 3 people within 3 days in what some fear may trigger a new gangster war in the council area. Findings by CrossRiverWatch reveal it began Friday last week around the Pinn Margaret secondary
By Ushang Ewa Gab Okulaja, the Special Adviser, Department of Public Transport, DOPT to Cross River governor, Ben Ayade, has directed the immediate evacuation of vehicles parked in hazard points in various roads and clearing of illegal parks in Calabar. Okulaja gave this directive this morning while inspecting parks along major routes in Calabar south
By CrossRiverWatch admin CrossRiverWatch has gathered that tragedy struck Calabar South on Saturday, where a petrol tanker was said to have crushed a man in his late twenties, after offloading its content, Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) in a filling station. The incident, according to our investigators, happened shortly after two tankers loaded with PMS went
By Jonathan Ugbal, Government House Correspondent Governor Benedict Ayade has expressed his disappointment over the inability of contractors handling refuse collection and disposal to act according to contractual terms. The governor expressed his feelings while speaking to journalists at the site of a garbage collection bin which was filled to capacity with extra garbage around