By Henry Modupe Traders at the Ika Ika Oqua market in Calabar remain in disbelief over the level of carnage after hundreds of stalls and dozens of shops were razed on Friday night. When CrossRiverWatch visited on Saturday morning, traders could be seen in groups with some trying to salvage what was left of their
By Patrick Obia Hundreds of stalls and dozens of shops have been razed in an inferno at the Ika Ika Oqua market in Calabar metropolis. Popularly referred to as Marian market, it is located less than five meters away from the Calabar Municipal council secretariat and 3.8km from the U. J Esuene sports stadium. As
By Patrick Obia A commercial vehicle coming from Watt Market, heading to 8 Miles has just exploded along Murtala Mohammed Highway by Diamond Junction at about 7pm. An eyewitness, Patricia Illam, said the commercial vehicle (details not gotten) was gutted when the driver of the taxi dropped a passenger and the passenger noticed and alerted
By Patrick Obia Building where Fan milk and yogurt drinks are being distributed in retails and wholesales along Ndidem Usang Iso Road, beside Mobil Fuel station in Calabar, has been razed down by fire. The “strange fire” which started at about 8PM on Saturday night, eyewitnesses at the scene posited that the fault was electrical
By Patrick Obia Report has it that four houses, three cars and a laundry shop was on Tuesday 26th November, 2019 gutted by fire at Mount Zion by Uwanse, Calabar South LGA of Cross River State, due to a electric fault which eventually resulted to spark. The outbreak which happened at 2pm in the day
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