By Ushang Ewa No fewer than six people died Wednesday night after a tanker laden with petroleum products skidded off the road and exploded at Iwuru, Biase local government area of southern Cross River State. Iwuru is about 70 kilometers north of Calabar, the Cross River State capital and an eyewitness told VANGUARD’S Emmanuel Unah
By Ushang Ewa The Nigerian Army has gunned down two suspected elements engaged in oil bunkering in Jebs area of Calabar South local government area of southern Cross River State. Information reaching CrossRiverWatch suggests that there has been a hike in bunkering activities in the past 72 hours with 50 liter kegs of Diesel and
By Jonathan Ugbal The Ebonyi State Government has sought the Nigerian Army to pay more attention to its border areas with Cross River State decimated by communal conflicts between communities of both states. Several communities have been at war in the past decade and the Ebonyi state governor, Mr. Dave Umahi told the Chief of
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has tasked the Nigerian Army command in the state to ensure the number of incidences of insecurity in the state reduces to zero. Mr. Ayade gave the charge Wednesday when he hosted the new Commander of the13 Brigade of the Nigerian Army in
By Jonathan Ugbal Ebonyi State governor, David Umahi on Wednesday raised alarm over a looming war between the state and neighboring Cross River State. DailyPost reports that Mr. Umahi stated during the commissioning of an Urban Treatment plant at the Abakpa cantonment of the 82 Division, Nigerian Army in Enugu state where he said despite
By Ushang Ewa At least one is feared dead after soldiers from the 13 Brigade of the Nigerian Army engaged suspected militants in a shootout Wednesday morning in Anantigha suburb of Calabar, the Cross River State capital. The suspected militants had appeared from a makeshift river port in the Qua river dressed in military camouflage
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent The Cross River State Government on Tuesday donated operational vehicles to the 13 Amphibious Brigade of the Nigeria Army in Calabar in a bid to sustain efforts to combat criminality and other security challenges which have bedeviled the state once touted as the most peaceful. The Governor, Senator Ben
By Jonathan Ugbal A family of 7 returning from church survived a car crash in Calabar Saturday night after being hit by a truck branded with the Nigeria Army logo CrossRiverWatch authoritatively reports. The vehicle, a white colored 2008 model Lexus RX330 SUV with license registration, LAGOS LSR 615 AW CrossRiverWatch gathered from a survivor