By CrossRiverWatch Admin Governor Ben Ayade has approved the suspension of the Clan Head of Abi and Paramount Ruler of Etung Local Government Area, Ntufam Emmanuel Oru Ojong says a statement signed by his aide on Chieftaincy Affairs, Adoga Victor. The statement, dated May 28th, 2021 explained that the monarch’s suspension was due to “unwholesome
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Residents and passersby around old road by NEPA quarters at the 8 miles axis of Calabar are currently in panic over gunshots. It is currently unknown whether it is a gun duel between security agencies and criminal elements. But, CrossRiverWatch’s Managing Editor, Jeremiah Archibong says he heard “series of shots rent the air” while
By Ike Uchechukwu, Vanguard Newspaper The Commissioner of Police in Cross River State, CP Sikiru Akande on Friday paraded 11 suspects apprehended by Operation Restore Peace for sundry crimes including Kidnapping, armed robbery, cultism, unlawful possession of firearms. The commissioner disclosed that the police in the State were back with full force to deal ruthlessly
By Jonathan Ugbal Governor Benedict Ayade of Cross River and his Taraba State counterpart were absent from a meeting of Governors elected on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) held at Ibadan, the Oyo State capital which makes in the third time in 20 days he failed to attend or send a representative
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Residents of Calabar and its environs have been sharing and discussing in low tones, the contents of an audio file shared on a messaging service social media platform, WhatsApp, wherein, a lady claims that due to militants incursion into the city, there will be a curfew of some sorts, hence the need
By Jonathan Ugbal The organised labour in Cross River have suspended all worker’s day related activity for a protest as the kidnapped Chairman of the Nigerian Labour Congress in the State, Comrade Ben Ukpepi has remained missing for over one month. Ukpepi was kidnapped on 41 days ago on March 21, 2021 at his residence
By Jonathan Ugbal It has been 31 days since Comrade Ben Ukpepi, the Chairman of the Nigerian Labor Congress in Cross River State was kidnapped in front of his residence at the CROSPIL estate in Akpabuyo Local Government Area. It is the second time Mr. Ukpepi would suffer in the hands of kidnappers, yet, there
By Tarila Marclint Ebiede, The Conversation Nigeria has an urgent insecurity problem. News from the country often emphasises insecurity related to Islamic insurgents in Northern Nigeria, organised armed banditry involving Fulani herdsmen, farmer-herder conflicts, kidnapping and armed robbery. Insecurity has long been a problem in the country’s oil rich Niger Delta region too. From the early 2000s, armed militants targeted oil industry infrastructure