The Police in Cross River have confirmed the abduction of some passengers around Nde 3 Corners Akparabong Junction in Ikom Local Government Area of the state. The passengers, who were on a transit, were said to have been ambushed by…
Cross River State Governor, Bassey Otu, on Friday, signed the state N296.985 billion 2024 budget, christened People First budget, into law. The governor, while speaking at the ceremony in his office, said the budget was made up of N180 billion…
Life has returned to Cross River’s prestigious Marina Resort, which was shut down months ago following a boat mishap that claimed the lives of three students. Reopening the resort in the late hours of Sunday, Gov. Bassey Otu said the…
Many State Governorship Election Petition Tribunals have delivered judgments on the outcome of the March 18, 2023, governorship elections in Nigeria. Some of the states include Kano, Bauchi, Zamfara, Plateau, Benue, Enugu, Lagos, Cross River, Gombe, among others. The judgments…
A 1-day old baby abandoned under the rain, Friday morning has died. The sex of the baby was not immediately known and none of the onlookers could say how or when the baby was abandoned. But they claimed the baby…
A Boy, 22, was on Sunday evening set ablaze by an angry mob for allegedly stealing an Android mobile phone at Atimbo area of Calabar Municipality Local Government Area (LGA) of Cross River. An eye witness who narrated the incident,…
Some personnel of the Nigerian Correctional Service, NCS, in Cross River State are planning to stage a protest over the alleged selective payments of the election duty allowance to mostly personnel at the service headquarters. The Prison official claimed that…
The use of the old naira notes is gradually returning in Cross River, following the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) directive to deposit banks to issue and receive the old notes. It would be recalled that on Friday, the Supreme…
The Police Command in Cross River on Saturday paraded 16 suspects arrested for various alleged electoral offences in Ogoja Local Government Area of the state. The Command spokesperson, SP Irene Ugbo, who addressed newsmen while parading them, said the suspects…
The New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) faithful in Cross River have raised concerns over the distortion of the party’s logo on the ballot paper. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Presidential and National Assembly elections was largely…
