Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court, Abuja, has fixed June 16, 2026, to decide whether to recuse himself from the suit challenging the leadership of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, under Sen. David Mark. Justice Lifu fixed the date after the recusal applications were argued and adopted by lawyers representing parties in the…
By Frank Ulom Two people have been killed in a renewed clash between Ugep and Idomi communities in Yakurr Local Government Area of Cross River State. One of the victims, 56-year-old Omini Iyam Ebri, was allegedly shot in the face to death while working on his farm along Ekpenti Farm Road, off Idomi–Ugep Road, at…
The Cross Rivers State Task Force on Health Quality and Anti-Quackery Committee has sealed off a private maternity facility, Safe Hand’s Maternity Clinic, in Calabar Municipality following the reported death of a patient after surgery. The team, led by its chairman Dr Dan Abubakar, paid an unscheduled visit to Safe Hand’s Maternity Clinic, located at…
The Anambra State High Court sitting in Awka, the state capital, has remanded the eight “self-styled” pastors who were arraigned on Friday, June 5, over alleged staged or “arrangee” miracles in the state. The Governor Chukwuma Charles Soludo’s administration said the prosecution of the alleged fake clerics was part of the government’s coordinated crackdown on…
By Our Reporter Cross River State Government has arraigned no fewer than 60 residents over various environmental offences, including violating laws guiding the monthly environmental sanitation exercise. The defaulters were arraigned on Saturday, May 30, 2026, arraigned before the Environmental Sanitation Mobile Court in Calabar. The offenders were apprehended by the monitoring team of the…
By Frank Ulom It’s been over two months since the Calabar gas explosion that left over 60 people injured at Edibe Edibe. Many have forgotten about it but 7-year-old Happiness Ekere is battling to survive with mounting medical bills fighting her poor father. Surely, Happiness will survive, the doctors have assured that, all she needs…
