By CrossRiverWatch Admin Four people are currently receiving treatment for gun wounds after men of the Nigerian Police Force shot to disperse villagers gathered at its divisional headquarters in Ogoja, locals say. They are being treated at the General Hospital in Ogoja which is directly opposite the police station. This comes on the heels of
By Emmanuel Uti, FIJ Emeka Okoro, a crypto trader based in Cross River State, has narrated how officers attached to the Akim Police Station in Calabar extorted N1.7 million from him in three weeks. On November 10, Okoro heard a strange knock at the door of his newly rented apartment in the Akim area of
It has been a full year today without you. I had never imagined life without you even for a second, but here I am in a new reality. On Thursday, 19th November 2020 you and your friends undertook that journey of love and friendship to join another friend in Ondo State for the burial of
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Dr. Idem Etuk Samuel, the owner of Mount Zion Medical Center who was accused of sexually harassing a female minor, was on Thursday, taken to the Federal Neuro Psychiatric Hospital in Calabar after he was arrested. Dr. Etuk was arrested on Thursday by the Cross River State command of the Nigerian Police
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Dr. Idem Etuk Samuel, the Chief Executive Officer of Mount Zion Medical Center in Calabar, the Cross River State capital, has been accused of defiling a 15-year-old teenager in his clinic. The Basic Rights Counsel Initiative, in a letter dated November 9, 2021 and addressed to the Commissioner of Police in Cross
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Cross River State Command of the Nigerian Police Force is seeking for more vehicles to patrol the state as the capital city of Calabar has been hit by a wave of kidnappings. The command’s spokesperson, Irene Ugbo, a Deputy Superintendent of Police, told Vanguard Newspapers that the command is trying its
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The founder of the JOE Foundation, John Owan-Enoh has pledged that the organisation will build on its gain in sensitizing the populace on diabetes. The former lawmaker disclosed this on Monday during a walk campaign to raise awareness on Diabetes, where he expressed optimism that the foundation intends to reach 90 percent
By Patrick Obia Pastor Sunday Adediran of Redeemed Christian Church of God, Divine Favour Parish at Etta-Agbor Layout has been kidnapped. The clergyman was said to have been whisked away to unknown destination from his home at Ikot Eno-obong, 8 miles, Calabar on Saturday at about 1:30am. Source close to the family said his abductors