Ongoing: #EndPoliceBrutality Protest Enters Day 3 In Calabar (PICTURES)
By Jonathan Ugbal and Patrick Obia The #EndPoliceBrutality campaign has entered day 3 in Calabar the Cross River State capital. See picture of the ongoing protest.
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No To End SARS Campaign, Yes To End Police Brutality BY RICHARD F. INOYO
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- October 10, 2020
We can all support end police brutality against innocent Nigerians but not end SARS. For as a country, we still have a growing and dangerous brigade of violent criminals and kidnappers out there hurting Nigerians and putting Nigerians in unbelievable pains. We need courageous and equally aggressive Police officers to exchange fire and defeat these
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CALABAR: Suspected Kidnapper Escapes Police Custody, Two More Abducted On Independence Day
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- October 2, 2020
By Ushang Ewa A suspected kidnapper has escaped the custody of the Nigerian Police in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. The suspect is said to have been arrested by locals in Akpabuyo Local Government Area led by a suspected drug barron, one Mr. Francis Okon Mesembe also known as Abonima and handed over to
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CALABAR: Landlord Sets Tenant Ablaze Over 11,000 Debt
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- September 18, 2020
By Emma Una David Ntiero Okon, a landlord in Calabar, the Cross River State capital is currently colling his feet in police custody after setting one of his tenants, Mrs Mary Samuel ablaze which led to her death. According to neighbors, the incident occurred on Wednesday at No. 9 Ansa Ewa Street, Cobham Town in
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Kidnapping: Police Nab One Suspect As Two More Kidnapped In 2 Days
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- September 5, 2020
By Jonathan Ugbal and Patrick Obia The police command in Cross River State on Wednesday arrested a suspect linked with the abduction of Mr. Joe Offiong, a staff of the safety department of Lafarge HOLCIM, producers of Lafarge cement in the state. Offiong was kidnapped in August and was only released following the payment of
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CALABAR: Lady Burns 8yr Old Nephew With Electric Iron For Eating Cousin’s Groundnut
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- August 18, 2020
By Jonathan Ugbal A resident of Calabar, Mrs Sylvia Agiande is currently cooling her feet in Police custody after she was arrested for using an electrical iron to inflict second degree burns on her eight year old nephew, Romanus (actual name withheld due to editorial reasons). The incident occurred on Sunday, August 16th at Muri
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Joseph Mbu Commends Cross River State Commissioner Of Police
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- August 16, 2020
By CrossRiverWatch Admin AIG Joseph Mbu (rtd) has commended the new Cross River State Commissioner of Police, CP Jimoh Abdulkadir for the exemplary feat that he has displayed, barely two weeks of assumption of duties. Mbu who was compulsorily retired from The Force in July 2016 is challenging his retirement and the case is pending
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#RevolutionNow: Court Shifts Ruling On No Case Submission By Journalists, Says ‘It Is Not Ready’
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- August 10, 2020
By CrossRiverWatch Admin A Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Calabar and presided over by Rita Marshall has adjourned its ruling on a no case submission filed by the defendants in case number MC/428C/19. The defendants, Jonathan Ugbal and Jeremiah Archibong are the News Editor and Managing Editor of CrossRiverWatch, an online Newspaper based in Cross