By The Parchment A speedboat traveling along the Calabar channel was on Monday diverted by suspected pirates to an unknown destination. The boat departed the Marina ‘Safe Journey’ Harbor in Calabar, and was heading for Oron, Akwa Ibom State when it was attacked. Sources told The Parchment that the boat had mot left the Cross
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Four people are currently receiving treatment for gun wounds after men of the Nigerian Police Force shot to disperse villagers gathered at its divisional headquarters in Ogoja, locals say. They are being treated at the General Hospital in Ogoja which is directly opposite the police station. This comes on the heels of
By Emmanuel Uti, FIJ Emeka Okoro, a crypto trader based in Cross River State, has narrated how officers attached to the Akim Police Station in Calabar extorted N1.7 million from him in three weeks. On November 10, Okoro heard a strange knock at the door of his newly rented apartment in the Akim area of
By Maxwell Effiong The Nigerian Police Force has beckoned on community members to keep effective neighborhood watch in their community. This was the message from a one day security summit by the Police Community Relations Committee (PCRC) in Calabar, the Cross River State capital where security experts say security is everybody’s business. The State Commissioner
By Patrick Obia Pastor Sunday Adediran of Redeemed Christian Church of God, Divine Favour Parish at Etta-Agbor Layout has been kidnapped. The clergyman was said to have been whisked away to unknown destination from his home at Ikot Eno-obong, 8 miles, Calabar on Saturday at about 1:30am. Source close to the family said his abductors
By Jonathan Ugbal An Abuja Area Court grade 1 sitting in Mpape, Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory has remanded one Victor Godwin in prison for assaulting David Ekanem Ekpenyong, the Director of Maintenance in the Cross River State Sports Commission. Ekpenyong was beaten by thugs allegedly associated with a former Chairman of the Sports Commission,
By Ike Uchechukwu, Vanguard News The Cross River State Police Command has arrested three suspected sea pirates, four kidnappers, and 24 others for armed robbery and sundry crime in the State. Briefing journalists on Tuesday in Calabar, the State Commissioner of Police, CP Aminu Alhassan said it was a new era in Cross River as
By Precious Elias The Ogoja District Superintendent of Assemblies of God Church Nigeria, Mr. Ijigu Linus has escaped an assassination attempt. The incident according to Ife Dave happened at about 2am today (Thursday). As at the time of filing this report, the victim’s phone was still missing while the Police were being contacted for comment.