By David Nsa Some families have now been rendered homeless after fire ate up their home (properties inclusive) No. 14 Foster street, off Main Avenue in Calabar South, Cross River State. Our reporter who arrived the scene early hour of Tuesday morning gathered that the fire started at about 6pm the previous day from an
By CrossRiverWatch Admin There was some confusion as an Automated Teller Machine (ATM) cashpoint with five withdrawal points belonging to a new generation (UBA) bank close to the gate of the University of Calabar caught fire in Calabar, the Cross River State, on Saturday. No one was hurt in the incident it was gathered, but
By Emmanuel Unah Relief materials worth millions of naira have been razed down in the Cross River State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) store house following a fire outbreak on Saturday evening. The fire which started at about 7pm razed several bags of rice, gallons of vegetable, cartons of biscuits and noodles kept in the warehouse
By Efa Sunday A fire outbreak has on Tuesday gutted a line of houses and shops in Eyo Edem Street, Calabar South Local Government Area of Cross River State. CrossRiverWatch learnt that the inferno which started at about 2:30am Tuesday morning razed down over six houses and four shops, the Caretaker, Mr. Mbo Bassey Confirmed.
By David Nsa And Deborah Obot The Chief Executive Officer of BraideO’s studio, Mr. Opubo Braide whose studio was gutted by fire has begun an online fund raising campaign on Go Fund Me. According to a statement made available to our newsroom, Opube said, “What may have been an electrical fault resulted in the destruction
By Patrick Obia A strange fire has in the early hours of Thursday gutted a music recording studio along Ediba Road Calabar, with properties worth millions of naira destroyed. The fire is said to have started at about 3am inside the recording studio burnt down equipments before it was noticed by its neighboring compound security
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State has expressed deep regrets and sadness over the tragic death of scores of persons after a tanker laden with fuel skidded off the road and exploded at the New Netim junction, of Odukpani local government area. Ayade who said he was devastated
By Richard Odu Dozens of men who were allegedly scooping premium motor spirit (pms) commonly known as petrol or fuel from a fallen tanker along the Calabar – Odukpani highway were on Friday afternoon roast to death after an explosion. It is unclear what caused the explosion but this reporter gathered that the tanker laden