By Kelvin Ololo The Cross River State Police Command has intercepted and arrested three suspected kidnapping gangs in Unwanse, Calabar South Local Government Area of Cross River State. The suspects are Henry Efa Otu, 24 years old, Lawrence Ita Inyang 46 years old and Umoh Ekpo 46 years old after a gun battle with the
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Police retirees in Cross River State, on Monday July 21, 2025 staged a peaceful protest to press home their demands. The retired police officers converged at millennium park, Calabar at 10am to protest for radical police reforms. Watch video below: Areas they demand for reform include Police Pension Scheme, proper welfare package,
By Favour Adinya The Cross River State Command of the Nigerian Police Force, has arrested child traffickers in Okuku Market, Yala Local Government Area. With the report making the rounds in some quarters, the State Police Command under the leadership of CP Rashid Afegbua, says it wishes to clarify the trafficking involving a nurse. The
By Kelvin Ololo The judiciary and legislature in Cross River State, have been charged to respond promptly in the administration of justice on cases of Gender-Based Violence (GBV), using their jurisdictions. Experts in the state’s judiciary, legislature and as well as the police, gave the charge in a one-day summit aimed to synergize directly with
By Kelvin Ololo As Nigerians celebrate the 2025 Democracy Day, the Cross River State Police Command has banned any form of unauthorized procession, protest and gathering across the 18 local Government Areas of the State. The ban was announced by the Commissioner of Police CP Olusegun E. Omosanyin, in a press statement signed by the
Simply identified as Joy, Mary, and Deborah, they were arrested while administering care to patients at the Accident and Emergency ward, and spent the night detained in their uniforms with their families left confused and in tears.
By Jonathan Ugbal Nurses and midwives have shut the entrance to the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, UCTH, while protesting the arrest of three of their colleagues. Numbering over 100, and donning their white gowns, the nurses embarked on a protest, downing tools on Tuesday morning with some patients wondering what their fate is. “Nurses
By Jonathan Ugbal The Cross River State Police Command on Monday arrested three yet to be identified nurses after a relative of a patient who died reported theft of a sim card. The three nurses, stationed at the Accident and Emergency Department of the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital were asked to provide care after