By Patrick Obia The Cross River State Command of the Nigerian Police Force, says investigation has commenced into the discovery of corpse in Isong Inyang Community, Akamkpa Local Government Area. The investigation became necessary by the police after news filled the air of multiple corpses found in suspected illegal mortuary in the community. Police spokesman
By Lukman Abdulmalik, The Whistler By day, the city’s main arteries hum with commerce and prayer. By night, another economy comes alive, quiet, nimble, and dangerous. At about 8 p.m. on Tuesday night, on a busy roadside of Sabon Titi, Kumbotso LGA, a young man (Abdullahi Sadiq), in a faded hoodie, pauses beside a parked
By CrossRiverWatch Admin A few hours after CrossRiverWatch published its investigative report exposing forced labour, intimidation, and humiliation of civilians living inside Eburutu Barracks in Calabar, Cross River State, a man Ali Bello, has threatened CrossRiverWatch Reporter. He made the threat on a WhatsApp group where the investigation was shared. The investigation captioned: “Inside Eburutu
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Residents of Mammy Market, the civilian settlement tucked inside Eburutu Barracks in Calabar, the Cross River State capital, say soldiers often arrive in the “deadly hours” of midnight, sometimes 1 am – 2 am, banging on doors with sticks and rods, dragging young and old from sleep, and hauling them to the
By Ogar Monday The truck lurches violently as its front wheels slam into yet another crater on Ogbuma Junction section of the Ogoja–Katsina Ala road. Inside, Musa Adamu grips the dashboard as the load of yams he is moving to Abakaliki in Ebonyi State, shifts dangerously. He’s been on this road for fifteen years, but
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Between 2001 and 2023, 138 million hectares (Mha) of global tree cover were lost to fires, while 350 Mha were cleared due to other causes, according to Global Forest Watch. In 2023 alone, fire-related losses peaked at 11.9 Mha. In Cross River State, Nigeria, one of West Africa’s richest biodiversity zones, this
By Favour Adinya The Cross River State Police Command of the Nigeria Police Force, says investigation will be launched concerning alleged police brutality by it former personnel. An amature video circulating on social media shows how a police officer brutalized a civilian in Boki Local Government Area of the State. In a press release issued
By Sylvia Akpan Ogoja High Court has been razed down by fire in what is suspected to be a planned arson. Source of the inferno with no trace began late hours of Sunday, January 5th, 2025 in Ogoja Local Government Area of Cross River State. An investigation by CrossRiverWatch reveals that at the time of