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UNICAL Law Professor, Ndifon Bags 5-Year Jail Term For Sexual Harassment

By TheInvestigator The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday, November 17, 2025, convicted the suspended Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Calabar (UNICAL), Prof. Cyril Ndifon, and sentenced him to five years imprisonment for sexually harassing his female students. Delivering judgment, Justice James Omotosho found Prof. Ndifon guilty on two of the

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Police Nab Man On The Run For Raping 6 Year Old

By Jonathan Ugbal The Cross River State Police Command has nabbed a man Etik Obol Etim who has been on the run for weeks after he raped a 6 year old, sources familiar with the matter told CrossRiverWatch on Thursday. Etim, 47, has been on the run since mid October but was arrested following a

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17 Abducted By Kidnappers On Calabar-Oron Waterway Released After 11 Days

17 people were abducted in the kidnap incident, the second of such nature, since April when 20 people suffered a similar fate.

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Police Foils Attempt To Sneak Snatched Car Out Of Calabar

By Patrick Obia Cross River State Police Command has foiled an attempt by suspected armed robbers to sneak out a snatched Toyota Camry vehicle from Calabar, the capital of Cross River State. According to Police narration, On the 5th of October, 2025, at about 10:30PM a Toyota Camry, grey colour with registration number YAD 549

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Two Arrested As C’River Police Recover Stolen Mini-Bus, Hours After Being Snatched

Two suspects have been arrested and a stolen Mini-Bus recovered less than 24 hours after the police, working with youths, tracked down the vehicle in Odukpani Local Government Area of Cross River State.

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Police Arrest Man With Indian Hemp After Calabar Guest House Robbery

The Cross River State Police Command has confirmed a robbery incident at a guest house in Calabar, where two armed men stole two mobile phones and a power bank from a couple. During the investigation, a suspect, 25-year-old Emmanuel Ekpo, was arrested and found to be in possession of suspected Indian hemp.

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Nurses, Female Soldier Arrested For Alleged Child Theft In Cross River

By CrossRiverWatch Admin Two nurses and a serving female soldier have been arrested in Akamkpa Local Government Area of Cross River State, over an alleged theft and sale of a newborn baby. According to security analyst, Zagazola Makama, the suspects were apprehended following a complaint by 19-year-old Justina Valentine Boniface from Aningeje village, who raised

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When Truth Becomes A Crime: Inside The Campaign To Silence WikkiTimes

By Usman Babaji, WikkiTimes On a hot February afternoon in 2023, Haruna Mohammed Salisu found himself shoved into a police van on the orders of the Bauchi governor. Moments earlier, the 34-year-old publisher of WikkiTimes — a small investigative news outlet in Bauchi State — had been interviewing voters during the presidential election. Now he

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