By Patrick Obia A suspected businessman identified as Uche is said to have disappeared with the corpses of his three children who died mysteriously in his car boot in Ugep, Yakurr Local Government Area of Cross River State. The tragedy is said to have occurred in Ntamkpo, opposite the Catholic Church Ugep on Friday 17
By The Nation Newspaper For the second consecutive time, the Cross River State High Court has ordered the Nigerian Police to arrest and produce a retired Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG), Joseph Mbu, for prosecution. The court specifically ordered the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Usman Alkali Baba to produce Mbu at its next
By Ike Uchechukwu, Vanguard Newspaper The Cross River State Police Command has said it rescued a 400-level undergraduate, Akpa Benard of the department of Education, University of Cross River State (UNICROSS) who was shot by his gang members inside the school premises. Vanguard Newspaper learned that the victim who has been hospitalized was shot over
By Calabar Blog Suspected armed gangsters have stormed an exam venue at the University of Cross River, UNICROSS (formerly CRUTECH). The armed gangsters fired shots which led other students and staff to scamper for safety. The incident occurred today but the exact time is yet to be determined by our newsroom and the authorities are
By Asare Asare, Daily Post A Reverend Father, Peter Ochang, who is the Chaplain of RCM Parish in the Alok Catholic Diocese of Ogoja in Cross River State, has been kidnapped somewhere in Nasarawa State. He, alongside several members of St. Jude Society, was traveling yesterday to Abuja for important church events when they were
By Agence France-Presse, AFP French cement giant Lafarge SA will pay a $778 million fine after pleading guilty to providing material support to Islamic State and other terror groups during the Syrian civil war, the US Justice Department said on Tuesday. Lafarge acknowledged it paid millions of euros to middlemen to keep its Syrian cement
By Agency Reporter Justices Ijeoma Ojukwu and Agatha Okeke of the Federal High Court sitting in Calabar, Cross River State, and Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, have convicted and sentenced five internet fraudsters to various jail terms. The convicts: Mmabuchi Anthony Chinaemerem, John Bassey Akpan, Eneji Matthew Ngaji, Louis Samuel Akanimoh, and Uchenna Ibekwe, were jailed
By Jonathan Ugbal The Federal Government of Nigeria has filed criminal charges against a House of Representatives candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, for the Obudu/Obanliku/Bekwara federal constituency, Peter Akpanke, over the death of Inspector Emmanuel Mbang Ubi who died on May 23, 2022. Mr. Ubi was among dozens of police officers drafted to