By Odey Ojeka Two Nigeria Police officers have been arrested and taken into custody after being found with firearms and ammunition in connection with the crisis in Ugep and Idomi in Yakurr Local Government Area of Cross River State. Community members alleged that the officers were supplying weapons to one of the communities, further fueling…
By Our Reporter The Nigeria Police Force, through the Police Special Fraud Unit (PSFU), has recorded a major breakthrough in the fight against financial crimes with the uncovering of a sophisticated fraud syndicate responsible for the diversion of over Seven Hundred and Thirteen Million, Nine Hundred Thousand Naira (₦713,900,000) from customers’ accounts. According to a…
By Frank Ulom A Cross River State Family Court 2 sitting in Calabar has convicted and sentenced Edidiong Cletus Nyojole, a 27-year-old man to life imprisonment for rape. Nyojole was convicted and sentenced on Tuesday by Honourable Justice Blessing Egwu of Cross River State Family Court 2. Egwu has been commended as one of the…
By Frank Ulom The students of the University of Cross River (UNICROSS), on Monday, protested the death of their mates on Friday, May 1, 2026, following an auto crash with a truck in Odukpani. The students who protested at the General Hospital, Calabar, were chanting angry songs and became violent, attacking personnel and destroying hospital…
By Frank Ulom Thirteen (13) young Cross Riverians abducted while travelling to a Christian conference in Abuja have reportedly been starved and brutalised by their captors, who are demanding ₦10 million ransom for each victim, as families make an urgent appeal for intervention by Governor Bassey Otu. The victims were kidnapped eight days ago in…
