By CrossRiverWatch Admin When President Muhammadu Buhari met yesterday behind closed doors with state governors and heads of security agencies at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, only one state was not represented and that is Cross River state. The meeting, as Guardian reports, was in connection with the prevailing security situation, among other issues besetting the
By Our Correspondent Cross River State governor, Senator Ben Ayade has disclosed that his state remains the safest in Nigeria, with crime rate at 1.1 percent. Ayade made the disclosure, Monday, during a courtesy call on him by the new Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) Zone 6, Musa Kimo, at his Conference Room, Governor’s
By CrossRiverWatch Admin At least 59 commercial sex workers which included 43 girls and 16 men have been arrested by the Department of State Security (DSS) in Calabar. Ilupeju Adebayo, Director of DSS in Cross River, who briefed reporters today Saturday in Calabar, said the girls were rounded up at 2:15 a.m Saturday morning at
By Kelvin Ololo The President, Student Union Government (SUG), Cross River University of Technology (CRUTECH) James Ogbe has attributed security challenges faced in the university is as the result of absence of armed security personnel. James stated this while responding to questions from the CrossRiverWatch on issues concerning students welfare and what his administration holds
By Our Reporter The University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH) security has locked out doctors and patients in protest of 18 months of no pay. The protest which was captured by CrossRiverWatch i-Reporter Awuna Agbor shows that no one was given access to the hospital. As at the time of filing this report, the leadership of
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Suspected members of a criminal gang in Obudu, northern Cross River state on Saturday night, got involved in exchange of gunfire with some soldiers stationed in Obudu, along Bekpam Layout – Ikwen Ogar axis. CrossRiverWatch findings reveal that members of a criminal gang identified by security sources as “Vikings” were holding a
Jungle justice or mob justice is a form of extrajudicial killing which has gained ground in Cross River State over the past few years. Hitherto unknown, it’s popularity has grown across the State and now poses a medico-legal and social challenge in the State as it is the highest of man’s inhumanity to man. The
By Aplefe Ojong Not fewer than four suspected gangsters have been arrested in Obanliku over the murder of one person. CrossRiverWatch gathered that last night, some group of gangsters got into a fight in Obanliku, about 23 kilometers from Obudu, where they left one dead. The police later arrested 4 suspects who were detained at