Soldiers don discover one car wey de carry explosive devices plus ammunition near Obudu for inside Cross River. The Director for Army Public Relations wey be Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwutok say soldiers discover the Toyota Camry car yesterday, June 21, 2022, for the road wey de lead to Utanga village, close to Obudu Mountains. Brigadier General Nwachukwu…
Cross River State Governor Ben Ayade has suspended the Chairman of the Calabar Carnival Commission, Gabe Onah. Special Adviser to the Governor on Media and Publicity, Christian Ita, confirmed Onah’s suspension in a statement. However, the statement by Ita did not mention why Governor Ayade suspended Onah, although the action was taken after the maiden award ceremony…
The attacks on police stations and stealing firearms by unknown hoodlums continues in parts of the Southeast and South-South of Nigeria. One week after four policemen were murdered and two rifles stolen at a checkpoint in Calabar, gunmen have again attacked the police in Cross River State. The latest incident happened in the early hours of today…
The controversy over the appointment of Justice AKON IKPEME as Chief Judge of Cross River State has been settled. This is because the State House of Assembly has confirmed the appointment of Justice IKPEME as Chief Judge, based on the request of Governor BEN AYADE. The confirmation followed a motion moved by the House Leader, PETER ODEY,…
Some magistrates from the eighteen local government areas in Cross River State have staged a protest in the state capital, Calabar, to demand payment of their salaries. The magistrates, who were seen at the second gate leading to the Office of the Governor in Calabar, Monday, January 4, 2021, claimed that they were being owed salaries for…
The Cross River State Police Command has confirmed the killing of an Assistant Commissioner of Police, EGBE EDUM, in Calabar. The Command’s spokesperson, IRENE UGBE, told newsmen in the state capital that A.C.P EDUM was killed by gunmen in the early hours of today. UGBE said A.C.P EDUM, who was the Assistant Commissioner of Police in Borno…