By Frank Ulom The Government of Cross River State, Senator Bassey Otu, has summoned traditional leaders and political leaders from Yakurr Local Government Area for an emergency meeting over the communal clash between Ugep and Idomi communities that has claimed the deaths of many and loss of properties. According to a public service announcement by…
Danare community in Boki Local Government Area, Cross River State, was thrown into a state of panic earlier Tuesday following an incursion by over 200 officers of the Cameroonian Armed Forces. According to Macualey Avenue, a Facebook user, the officers, who were reportedly armed and in full military uniform, entered the Nigerian territory without following…
By Frank Ulom The Governor of Cross River State, Sen. Bassey Otu, has approved N1,960,000,000 (one billion, nine hundred and sixty million naira) car grant for the 196 ward councillors in the state. Converseer reports that each councillor gets N10 million car grant each. According to former Special Assistant on New Media to the Governor…
By Frank Ulom The Cross River State Police Command has arrested two suspects regarding an alleged murder incident reported in Afokang community, Calabar South Local Government Area of the state. According to a statement by ASP Sunday Eitokpah, Police Public Relations Officer in the state, the alleged matter was reported on Tuesday by a Correctional…
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…
