By CrossRiverWatch Admin Listen To The Report Suspected Sea pirates have earlier today kidnapped male occupants of a boat ferrying passengers from Calabar to Oron. The assailants who left behind all the female passengers, including a Catholic nun, were said to have waylaid the boat a few minutes after it had left Calabar en route
By Sylvia Akpan Listen To The Report Two teenagers, unnamed, were last weekend in Calabar, rescued and accommodated by a not-for-profit organization, the Basic Rights Counsel Initiative, BRCI following reports of sexual and physical abuse by their father, Linus Samuel Sunday Ukum. Mr. Ukum, 40, a plumber and native of Nsit – Ubium Local Government
By Patrick Obia Listen To The Report Girls Power Initiative, GPI, has ended its one-day stakeholders shared learning meeting on the Strengthening Civic Advocacy and Local Engagement, SCALE project in Calabar, Cross River State. The forum was designed for beneficiaries and stakeholders who were selected and trained on Sexual and Gender-Based Violence, SGBV, child early
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Listen To The Result LEAP Africa Youth Leadership Fellows have hosted a town hall meeting in Calabar, the Cross River State capital for Government Ministries, Departments, Agencies, Paramount Rulers, and other stakeholders working with street children. The town hall meeting was centered on providing lasting solutions to the growing number of children
Listen To The Article Citizen complaints about the anti-cultism and anti-kidnapping unit of the Police in Calabar are mounting everyday and it appears no one is ready to pay attention and do something about it. Doing something about it, not just in terms of punishing the errant police personnel involved but to also look into
By Patrick Obia Listen To The Report Major routes in the Calabar metropolis are currently witnessing gridlocks as the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the All Progressive Congress, APC, try to beat INEC’s June 3, party primaries deadline. INEC had warned political parties to adhere to timelines for the conduct of their primary elections, maintaining
By Patrick Obia Listen To The Report It has been almost 24 hours since the tragic Mini pick-up van exploded into flames in Calabar, and a driver burnt to death, the lifeless corpse and vehicle still lying on the highway. The pick-up was coming from 8 miles axis on Monday, May 23, 2022 heading to
By Judex Okoro, The Sun Newspaper Listen To The Report Tragedy struck residents of the Parliamentary community in Calabar Municipality of Cross River State as two members of staff died mysteriously. The lifeless bodies of the two hotel workers (hotel name withheld) were discovered in a hotel room late last Saturday night. Investigations by Daily