By Godwin Ajom While traders are still counting their losses resulting from the Ikom fire incident that occurred on Sunday January 12, 2025, the remote cause of the incident fire incident has been disclosed. Chairman of A-Line, at the Ikom Central Market, Mr. Effiong Okon Etu, the scene of the incident, said the cause of
By Favour Adinya Several shops and goods have been gutted by fire at Ikom Market, Mile 2 opposite Ucherori Street in Ikom Local Government Area of Cross River State, causing widespread panic among local traders and residents. The inferno reportedly started in the mid-hours of Sunday, January 13th, and engulfed several stalls and goods. Eyewitnesses
By Godwin Otang Less than 24 hours, two separate fires have razed down a market in Ikom Local Government Area of Cross River State, leaving goods and properties worth millions of Naira destroyed. The Ikom inferno started at about 9:pm when daily activities in the market had closed. Just a moment ago another fire gutted
By Mary Bassey, House of Assembly Correspondent The Cross River State House of Assembly in a matter of urgent public interest has called on the State Government to take proactive steps towards revamping Songhai Farm after the recent fire outbreak. In a plenary held Tuesday 30th, 2024 at the Assembly Complex the member representing Abi
By Sylvia Akpan, Government House Correspondent The Governor of Cross River State, Sen. Bassey Otu has visited the scene and victims of the fire incident that raided shops at Bogobiri in the prime hours of Friday afternoon, donating the sum of ten (10) million Naira to cushion the effect of the disaster. Otu while addressing
By Patrick Obia No less than six shops were on Tuesday, October 4, 2022, gutted by fire at Harbor in Calabar, Cross River State. The strange inferno which cannot be ascertained at the time of filing this report is said to have ignited from a nearby shop trading diesel at about 3:pm. Point of Sale
CrossRiverWatch Admin The Government of Cross River State has debunked reports of a purported fire incident in the Governor’s Office, Calabar. A press release signed by Christian Ita, Special Adviser, Media and Publicity to Governor Ben Ayade on Monday night said “there was a small fire incident on a mast within the premises of the
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The powerhouse, accounts, and audit sections of the Governor’s office extension in Calabar were on Saturday night gutted by fire. Government House sources say the fire started on Saturday night at the powerhouse which supplies backup electricity to the Governor’s office on Saturday night with the fire raging until Sunday morning last