By Ogar Monday/Elijah Ugani The Director of Academic planning, University of Calabar (UNICAL), Dr. Patrick Egaga has stated that the University as an institution and training ground has a vital role to play in the fight to curb coruption in the country. Egaga who spoke with CrossRiverWatch in his office said it was as a
By CrossRiverWatch admin A former Deputy Director and Head of Voter Education of INEC in Cross River State, Edem Okon Effanga who was arrested last month by the EFCC for allegedly collecting N241,127,000 bribe from the N23.3Billion Diezani election bribe scandal is an elder in the Apostolic Church in Calabar. Mr. Effanga’s branch of the
By CrossRiverWatch admin CrossRiverWatch can confirm that the Cross River State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Ntufam John Okon is presently cooling his feet with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in their South South Zonal office in Port Harcourt. Okon was arrested on Wednesday by operatives of the anti graft commission who
By CrossRiverWatch admin The embattled Resident Electoral Commissioner of INEC in Cross River State, Mrs. Gesila Khan, was granted administrative bail on Sunday and she is expected to report at the EFCC office today as part of the conditions for the bail. Khan who is alleged to have shared in another $115 million scam uncovered
By Our Correspondent Given the ugly dimension corruption has assumed in the country, the Speaker of the Cross River State House of Assembly Hon. John Gaul Lebo has called for concerted efforts to fight the scourge. Hon Lebo who made the call recently at the Law Week 2016, organized by the Faculty of Law University
By Ushang Ewa/Itiunbe Atunka Two men, Stephen Apebende and his friend, unnamed spent their Easter holidays in detention for allegedly photographing police officers via their cell phones while extorting road users. Family sources close to Apebende say he was arrested along with his friend Saturday morning along Ranch road at the police checkpoint just before
By CrossRiverWatch admin A Deputy Superintendent of Police, DSP David Ekong of the Nigeria Police, Cross River State Command and some of his subordinates are currently facing orderly room trial for unlawful arrest and detention of one Mr. Ottobong Inyang as well as demanding for two hundred and fifty thousand naira (N250, 000) bribe for