By Aplefe Ojong The Chief Medical Director CMD of the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH), Dr. Thomas U. Agan, and four of his colleagues were Monday remanded at the Afokang Prison having failed to secure bail from the Federal High Court in Calabar. Dr. Agan, Offor Jonah Offor, Francis Otu, Okocha Anthony, Emmanuel Etta
By Archibong Jeremiah/Otobong Clement The Cross River State Commissioner for Environment, Engineer Mike Eraye has described the attitude of people in the State towards waste management as “not encouraging”. Engr. Eraye who made the assertion in Calabar said: “The attitude of our people towards waste disposal is not encouraging; our mind is dead mostly when
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent The Federal Government says it has augmented the allocation to Cross River State with the sum of NGN38Billion since the loss of its 76 oil wells to neighboring Akwa Ibom state after losing its littoral status due to the ceding of the Bakassi peninsula to Cameroun. The Chairman of
By Ogar Monday The Greater Calabar Capital City Development Authority has condemned in totality the recent gangstar clashes in Calabar, the Cross River State capital which has left no fewer than 6 dead and more injured. This was contained in a statement signed and issued on Tuesday by the Director General of the agency, Kingsley
By CrossRiverWatch Admin No fewer than 6 are feared dead between Thursday last week and Monday following a renewed gangstar war between the Supreme Vikings Confraternity (SVC) and the Ku Klux Klan confraternity (KKK) in Calabar the Cross River State capital CrossRiverWatch findings reveal. It is unclear what sparked off the killing as sources say
By Ushang Ewa A lecturer in the department of accounting of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) was gunned down Thursday night at his Amika Utuk by Uwanse residence in Calabar, the Cross River State capital CrossRiverWatch authoritatively reports. Dr. Emmanuel Igbo Igbeng drove home at about 9:00 PM Thursday night with an unidentified female, he
By Luqman Openiyi Former Governor of Cross River state, Mr. Donald Duke has said that governor Ayade is a young man who has left no one in doubt about the fact that he wants to transform the state, adding that by the time the incumbent governor is done with the state, “it will not remain
By Jonathan Ugbal and Ikwen Atuaka The Police in Cross River State Thursday said it has arrested Hope Usang, 25, a suspected female armourer who leases arms to suspected robbers in Calabar, the state capital. The command also confirmed Friday morning, the arrest of 5 suspected kidnappers in Obanliku local government area on Thursday following