By CrossRiverWatch Admin CrossRiverWatch has confirmed that one person has died after a building collapsed at the Ayade Industrial Park in Calabar earlier today, Monday. It was not immediately clear what caused the collapse of the building which is next to the Cross River Rice Seeds and Seedlings Factory (Rice City) along the Goodluck Jonathan
By Patrick Obia Four suspected kidnappers were on Wednesday, February 17, 2021 shot dead by the Police in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. CrossRiverWatch gathered that the incident took place at No. 24C, School Road, Satellite Town, Calabar, when Operation Akpakwu stormed their hideout and rescue Barrister Endurance Egbara who was kidnapped since 2020
By CrossRiverWatch Admin A rights activists cum lawyer, James Ibor has opined that the ongoing demolition of suspected kidnappers properties by the Cross River State Government “is illegal, archaic, backwards and unfortunate”. He made his position known in an exclusive interview with CrossRiverWatch TV, watch:
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Youths of the Bayside community in Calabar South Local Government Area have locked up the Marina Resort over claims of corruption. The youths also invoked the marine god believed to protect the Calabar channel, Anansa and accused State actors of corruption. The youths fingered the Commissioner for Tourism, Eric Anderson and one
By Jonathan Ugbal Nigeria’s former top spy, Ekpenyong Ita has written the management of Max Air limited to add the Calabar aviation route in it’s operations. Mr. Ita who retired in 2015 as Director General of Nigeria’s secret police, the SSS in a letter sighted by CrossRiverWatch and dated January 13, addressed to Max Air
By Kelvin Ololo An unidentified male has been set ablaze by unknown people along Mayne Avenue by Inyang Street in Calabar South Local Government Area of Cross River State. The area is largely residential. And, most residents and commuters say they woke to the gory site of the charred remains of the victim. But, one
By Archibong Jeremiah Two officers of the Nigerian Navy and a detachment of Operation Akpakwu have been accused of human rights violation. The Naval officers who happen to be brother and sister – Victor and Peace Owonam and their colleagues from the Operation Akpakwu, violated the family of Mrs. Akpan Esther Bassey by dehumanizing them.
Hon. Uduak Eyo Akiba, is a former Chief Whip of the Cross River State House of Assembly. She represented Calabar Municipality State constituency for two consecutive terms. Her son is currently embroiled in an armed robbery incident. The new anti crime security task force, “Operation Akpakwu” that Governor Ayade launched is reported to have engaged