By Jonathan Ugbal A combined team of Police and personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) yesterday (Sunday) arrested a half loaded truck containing wood suspected to be gotten from illegal logging at Rabana roundabout in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. The truck is said to have disguised the wood and
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Cross River State Police Command, Thursday in Calabar the state capital paraded 72 suspects for crimes ranging from internet fraud to robbery, murder, kidnapping and rape. Amongst these were two students of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) paraded for internet fraud after duping their client of four hundred thousand Naira (N400,000
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Five months after the clash between personnel of the Nigerian Navy and the Nigerian Police Force, Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has donated N2 million to the families of the slain officers. Two policemen were killed and a naval rating critically injured May 30, incident also saw a Police patrol van,
By Ushang Ewa Detained Mr. Ifere Paul whom the Cross River Police Command claims is being held over suspected links to the underground world was yesterday grilles by detectives in the anti-kidnapping unit of the Command’s Criminal Investigation Department. Mr. Ifere was arrested late Thursday by detectives from the state police command led by one
By Jonathan Ugbal The arrest of Mr. Paul Ifere, a social media critic of the Cross River State Government has drawn mixed reactions from different quarters of the populace. Mr. Ifere was allegedly arrested by the Police Thursday in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city and immediately transferred to Calabar, the Cross River State capital with many
By Jonathan Ugbal Over 200 constables who graduated from the Police Training School in Odukpani last month have been posted to different divisions across the state. About 581 constables from Akwa Ibom and Cross River State graduated with those of Cross River origin given their postings on Friday Police sources say. They comprised of over
By Ushang Ewa The Police in Cross River State have rescued one Mrs. Comfort Bassey, 5 days after she was kidnapped on Monday in Calabar. Sources in the Police command say operatives of the newly formed Anti-Kidnapping and Cultism squad of the Police Commissioner, CP Hafiz Inuwa tracked the suspected kidnappers to Akpap – Okoyong
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Mr. Michael Edet is currently Police custody after his arrest for allegedly defiling a female youth corps member (names withheld) serving in Ekpri-Obutong area of Bakassi local government area in southern Cross River State last weekend. Mr. Edet is said to have broken into Block A6, Obutong Estate at about 11:00 PM