By Adejumo Kabir, HumAngle Isoko Eta, 42, sat quietly in front of his burnt house. He had just swept the surroundings of his late wife’s grave and was thinking about how to raise their newborn twins. HumAngle learnt that Eta’s wife, Joy, died of shock from Nigerian soldiers’ gunshots while trying to give birth on
Welcome to the second edition of Daily News on CrossRiverWatch where we bring you the happenings of the day. Jonathan Ugbal is your host. Today’s Headline: Ayade Takes Over Cross River North APC Senate Ticket, As The Party Begins Reconciliation Of Aggrieved Aspirants Staff Corruption, Politicians Debt Cripples Water Supply In Cross River NiMet Predicts
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Listen To The Report As the invasion of Nko community in Yakurr Local Government Area by men of the Nigerian Army continues to attract public rebuke, Governor Ben Ayade has ordered the State Commissioner of Police, and other Service Chiefs to move into the community with immediate effect. Though the reason for
By Jonathan Ugbal Listen To The Report The Nko people of Yakurr Local Government Area in Cross River State have lamented the devastating impact of the raid on their community by troops of the Nigerian Army following renewed hostilities with neighboring Onyadama community of Obubra LGA. The community told newsmen in Calabar on Wednesday that
By Patrick Obia Listen To The Report Information reaching our newsroom has it that soldiers of the Nigerian Army have raided Nko community in Yakurr Local Government Area of Cross River State, killing two and injuring many others. The soldiers were drafted from nearby Edor barracks in Ikom to quell the communal war between Nko
By Patrick Obia Listen To The Report The lingering communal crisis between the Nko and Onyadama of Yakurr and Obubra Local Government Areas respectively of Cross River State has claimed not less than four lives in a fierce face-to-face engagement. A reliable source told CrossRiverWatch that, the crisis which is becoming a monthly ritual started
By Patrick Obia Listen To The Report No fewer than eight people have been reported dead in the age-long communal crisis between the Nko community in Yakurr and the Onyadama community in Obubra Local Government Areas of Cross River State. This is coming less than two months after both communities engaged themselves over a boundary
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Listen To The Report Report reaching our newsroom has it that the decades-long communal crisis between the Onyadama community in Obubra and Nko in Yakurr Cross River State is threatening to surface again. Source told CrossRiverWatch that, Onyadama indigenes of Obubra allegedly captured and whisked away an Nko man due to lingering