By Our Reporter Elias Abua Ojie, a Cross River-born jurist, has been recommended among 12 other judges for elevation to the Court of Appeal, in a move seen as both a national judicial development and a boost for representation from the state. The Federal Judicial Service Commission (FJSC) put forward the names as priority candidates…
By Nsan Ndoma-Neji The first Ugep Urban-born Commissioner of Police, CP Ofem Ikpi Arikpo, from Cross River State, has been honoured with a chieftancy title by his community and also charged to serve the nation with honour and be a good ambassador of the Yakurr nation. Charging the CP to make the Yakurr nation proud…
By Abasi Ita The Cross River State Government has pledged its readiness to support the immediate family of the late Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps officer, Christopher Ashibi, once preliminary findings confirm the cause of his death. Ashibi reportedly lost his life following an incident involving a vehicle in the convoy of Governor Bassey…
By Frank Ulom A speeding truck has ran over a female Police officer at a checkpoint in Calabar, Cross River State capital. Converseer learned that the victim, Inspector Edna Matthew, who is currently receiving treatment, was badly injured in a road accident involving a Mack truck and a Toyota Sienna bus along the Murtala Mohammed…
By Ekwok Onah, PhD On the 21st of April, at about 8 PM, I went out to a Betnaija shop near my house to watch Chelsea March because there was no light at home. I hadn’t been there up to 30 minutes when officers from the Nigerian Police Force stormed in. They ordered everyone to…
