17 Abducted By Kidnappers On Calabar-Oron Waterway Released After 11 Days
17 people were abducted in the kidnap incident, the second of such nature, since April when 20 people suffered a similar fate.
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A’Ibom Police PRO, Eyo Ekpo Escape As Gunmen Kidnap 15 Along Calabar Waterway
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- September 25, 2025
"They stopped our vessel, boarded it, and when their boat was full, they took off," a passenger (name withheld) told this reporter.
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Gunmen Kidnaps 400 Level UNICAL Medical Student
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- June 2, 2025
By Kelvin Ololo A 400 level student of Medicine and Surgery, University of Calabar (UNCIAL) Mark Ofre Okwohe has been kidnapped. The news of his abduction broke out by the Publisher of CrossRiverWatch and Human Rights Activist, Citizen Agba Jalingo, in the late hours of Sunday June 1, 2025. His whereabouts is not ascertained as
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Pregnant Woman Abducted By Suspected Kidnappers In Cross River
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- October 5, 2024
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Armed welding suspected Kidnappers have abducted a pregnant woman in Cross River State. The heavily pregnant woman (name undisclosed) was kidnapped yesterday in Eseku Community, Creek Town of Odukpani Local Government Area of the state. Sources told CrossRiverWatch that the target was her husband who escaped but they had no option but
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Medical Doctors In Calabar Protest Kidnap Of Colleague
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- August 16, 2024
By Godwin Ajom Resident Doctors at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH) are protesting the unconditional and immediate release of kidnapped colleague Dr. Ganiyat Popoola who was kidnapped eight months ago from National Eye Center Kaduna State. The Doctors told CrossRiverWatch that Dr. Popoola was kidnapped alongside her husband and Niece. Her husband was
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UNICAL Law Students, Workers Protest Insecurity
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- July 3, 2024
The new Faculty of law building is the nearest structure to the river which served as an entry and exit point for kidnappers who whisked away several members of staff living in the quarters
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Kidnappers Attack Cross River Village Again, Abduct 1, Kill Baby
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- December 29, 2023
By Richard Ndoma, Leadership Newspaper Just three days after gunmen tragically killed Mr. Akpang Ayambem and abducted four others from Nde Three Corners village in Ikom Local Government Area of Cross River State on Christmas Day, another kidnapping and killing has shaken the community. Early on Thursday, December 29, 2023, at around 7:00 am, assailants
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Cross River Government Rewards Nyanghasang Youths For Fighting Crime
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- November 30, 2023
By Sylvia Akpan, Government House Correspondent The Executive Governor of Cross River State, Sen. Bassey Otu has presented a cash donation to some youths of Nyanghasang Community in Calabar Municipality for playing pivotal security roles in combating crime in the area. Recall that Otu had earlier promised during the inaugural media parley with the press