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INVESTIGATION: Citizens Lament As Cross River Waterways Become Kidnappers’ Den, Government Remains In Denial, Police Blame Boat Operators

By Godwin Ajom The shadow of insecurity hanging over the Calabar-Oron waterways deepened on Friday, April 17, 2026, when suspected kidnappers abducted 15 passengers traveling by boat from Calabar, Cross River State, to Oron in Akwa Ibom State. Among the victims were candidates of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), young Nigerians whose journey

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Navy Arrests Suspected Militants Collaborator In Cross River

By Godwin Ajom The Nigerian Navy has arrested and handed over a suspected militant collaborator to the Department of State Services (DSS) in Calabar. The development followed ongoing security operations aimed at dismantling criminal networks operating within the Calabar waterways. The Waterways in Cross River particularly the Calabar-Oron corridor have witnessed a series of heartbreaking

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Ogogo Dynasty Bids Farewell To Beloved Patriarch, Late Joseph Echine

By Amawu Albert-Amawu What began as a solemn gathering of mourning in Bukumanya-Bisu, Obanliku Local Government Area of Cross River State, transformed into a remarkable celebration of life, culture, legacy and service as the Ogogo Dynasty laid to rest their patriarch, Late Warrant Officer Joseph Echine Ogogo. Amid pomp, military pageantry and rich cultural displays,

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Governor Otu Receives Naval Chief, Recommits To Strategic Security Partnerships

By Sylvia Akpan, Government House Correspondent As part of ways to strengthen security and deepen strategic partnerships in the state, the Cross River State Governor, Sen. Bassey Otu, has received the 25th Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Admiral Idi Abbas, on a courtesy visit on Wednesday, 7th, January, 2026 in Calabar. Welcoming the Naval

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Governor Otu Urges Young Cross Riverians To Enlist In Navy, Army Recruitment

By Sylvia Akpan, Government House Correspondent The Governor of Cross River State, Sen. Bassey Otu has called on all eligible and qualified Cross Riverians to take advantage of the ongoing recruitment exercises into the Nigerian Navy and the Nigerian Army. He gave the encouragement in a press release signed by his Chief Press Secretary and

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Navy Declares 8 Security Outfits Illegal, Warns Public

By Eugene Agha, Daily Trust The Nigerian Navy has declared eight security outfits that are conducting secret recruitment exercises as operating illegally in the country. It said the illegal outfits are now selling recruitment forms to unsuspecting members of the public and are also conducting secret military training for members, particularly in the South-West and

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BREAKING NEWS: Kidnappers Abduct Two UNICAL Students As Navy Rating Escape Unhurt

By CrossRiverWatch Admin A naval female rating has escaped being kidnapped, her bag containing her ID card and other valuables were taken away by the kidnappers. A final year Radiography student, John Edet and a final year female student of marketing simply identified as Joy, both of UNICAL were taken away by the gun men

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Residents In Abuja Suburb Live In Terror Despite Being Host To Navy, Police, NSCDC

By Aishat Babatunde, HumAngle Ten-year-old Amina leans on a sunken wood frame that forms a fence for a charcoal shop. She has come to buy charcoal with two other girls from a street tucked between ‘1,000 units’ residential area and Pegi in Kuje Area Council in Nigeria’s capital city, Abuja. Frustration furrows the lines of her

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