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
By Efa Sunday and Duke Igebu Mr. Matthew Edet-Okon, an ex-youth corp member residing along Goldie street in Calabar, the Cross River state capital is currently at loss after his apartment was razed down in the early hours of Thursday. The 30 year old is said to have lost his certificates and all properties in
By Ushang Ewa The Cross River State command of the Nigerian Police Force says the mother of five year old twins killed in a fire incident on Tuesday is currently in their custody to prevent her from being lynched by angry neighbors. The woman (unnamed) who sells fried beans cake commonly referred to as ‘akara’
By Efa Sunday And Mary Omani The owner and workers of Sammy’s Fashion complex along Ndidem Usang Iso road by Ekong Etta junction, broke down in tears in the late hours of Monday, August 13th, following an inferno which gutted down the fashion store and destroyed properties worth hundreds of thousands of naira. According to