By Ushang Ewa Mrs Nkoyo Udosen who was kidnapped earlier this week in Calabar was released on Friday night after payment of N250,000 ransom. CrossRiverWatch gathered that she was released at Marina Resort while the ransom was collected around Atu street. The distance between where she was dropped off and the ransom collected is less
By Archibong Jeremiah A man simply identified as Kayode has just been kidnapped by gun men at Lagos street, Calabar South. The victim was shot while resisting the kidnappers. He was however driven away in a red Toyota Camry car (plate number wasn’t gotten). Operation skolombo security team is on the trail of the gunmen
By Eyo Charles, Daily Trust Men, who claimed to be officials of Local Councils in Cross River State, have manhandled shop owners, traders, hawkers and market women for daring to resist payments of rates and levies in the Mbukpa markets and Ambo axis of Calabar South Local Government Area of the State. Two weeks ago,
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The bayside community in Calabar south local government area of Cross River State hopes to change the negative perception associated with it says Tony Ikpeme, Coordinator of the Baysiders. Baysiders is a development association with membership drawn from people who lived or still reside in the Bayside area which has been associated
By Edem Edem, Daily Post Renewed gang clashes in Calabar, Cross River State have allegedly claimed no fewer than six lives. The two days killing spree which started on Saturday during the burial of a suspected Bakassi Strike Force member extended to Sunday night. A witness who declined giving his identity said, “The face-off started
By Patrick Obia As the ban on public place gatherings such as churches, markets, shopping malls, sports arena, banks ecertera, continues to be enforced in Cross River State, report has it that some men of the COVID-19 Task Force Team were on Sunday 12th March, 2020 brutalized by Church members. According to the Special Assistant
By Archibong Jeremiah Network of Men Leaders to End Violence Against Women and Girls in Calabar South and Calabar Municipal has been inaugurated in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. The network is part of the spotlight initiative to eliminate Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) is initiated by the European Union and United Nations
By Edem Edem A Primary School pupil of Great Star Nursery and Primary School situated at Idang Street, named Christian, has drown in the swampy river near the Ibesikpo Street by Ambo Street in Calabar South local government area of Cross River. The incident occurred when the victim was allegedly sent to go and fetch