By Frank Ulom The Cross River State Police Command has arrested a 54-year-old man, Godwin Okoko, in connection with the alleged murder of an official of the Traffic Management and Regulatory Agency (TRAMRA) in Calabar. The incident occurred at the Marian Hill area of Calabar on Monday, May 25, 2026, at about 9:45 a.m., during…
By Helen Hoffmann and Janet Binder, dpa Daniela Klette, a former member of Germany’s radical leftist Red Army Faction (RAF), was sentenced to 13 years in prison by a German court on Wednesday for a series of armed robberies committed during 30 years on the run. The regional court in Verden found Klette guilty of…
By Frank Ulom A commercial mini-bus driver allegedly killed a traffic enforcement official attached to the during an altercation in Calabar, Cross River State capital. The incident occurred on Monday at 10AM around the Marian Hills area of Calabar during a traffic enforcement operation by officials of the agency popularly known as TRAMRA (Traffic Management…
The Department of State Services (DSS), under the leadership of Mr Oluwatosin Ajayi, has released a young man, Mr Ya’u Mohammed from Gashua town in Bade Local Government Area of Yobe State, after investigations confirmed that he had no connection to any wrongdoing. In what has been described as a rare humanitarian gesture, the DSS…
Following the widespread circulation of a viral online video exposing the dilapidated condition of a local primary school, the Ezza North Local Government Education Authority (LGEA) has indefinitely suspended the head teacher of Community Primary School (CPS) Obulechi Umubru Ohuzor. The suspension was officially handed down via a formal letter dated May 18, 2024, signed…
Secondary school teachers in Cross River State have expressed outrage over a directive by the State Senior Secondary Education Board (SSEB) compelling them to publicly endorse Governor Bassey Otu and his deputy for a second term in office. The teachers, who spoke on condition of anonymity in Calabar on Wednesday, condemned what they described as…
