By Jonathan Ugbal Petty thievery as CrossRiverWatch earlier reported has continued to be on the rise since the turn of the year in Obudu with staff of the Nigeria Prisons Service NPS and Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC been the culprit this time. The first incident involving a staff of NPS occurred on
By Cosmos Obi In preparation for the general election, the Cross River State Police command assisted by other security agencies in the state have put together a robust and elaborate security arrangement to ensure free, fair, credible and violence free election in Cross River State. This was made known through a press release signed by
By CrossRiverWatch admin A man named, Elewana Godwin of River Basin Authority, 8 Miles Calabar has been accused of shooting a 22 year old boy, Douglas Ojugbo on March 10, 2015, for allegedly sulking his daughter. Some neigbours who were physically terrified and only managed to talk to CrossRiverWatch about the incident, after begging not
By CrossRiverWatch admin The Labor Party House of Representatives Candidate for Bakassi/Akpabuyo/Calabar South Federal Constituency in Cross River State, Hon. Dominic Aqua Edem, has been kidnapped by unknown gunmen. Hon. Aqua who is also a former Commissioner representing Cross River State in the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC was said to have been kidnapped at
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The sudden upsurge in the level of armed robbery and banditry in Calabar in recent has been acknowledged by the Assistant Inspector General of Police, AIG Zone 6, Mr. Tunde Johnson Ogunsakin. The AIG disclosed that as a result, the zone is re introducing stop and search to mop up illegal arms
By Okwo Kerry Over the weekend in Calabar, the Cross River State capital an armed robber and a police officer were killed with another police man seriously injured by several gun shots in a gun battle between the police and the robbery gang. This was made known to journalists at a briefing in Calabar by
By Archibong Jeremiah Just days after gunning down an alleged robber and apprehending a second member of the gang, men of the Nigeria Police, Calabar have again foiled another robbery attempt leaving the two suspects dead. This was made known by the State Command’s Public Relations Officer, Mr. Hogan Bassey while briefing journalists at the
By Jeremiah Archibong CrossRiverWatch can confirm that 5 inmates at the Afokang Prison were this morning shot dead and 12 others critically injured in an attempted jail break. A Warder who is guarding the prison armory was also shot in the hand. A prison official who spoke to CrossRiverWatch said the inmates after their usual