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…
By Frank Ulom The Chairman of Yakurr Local Government Area, Yibala Igri Inyang, has issued a 72-hour ultimatum to the traditional leadership and community heads of Ugep and Idomi to identify individuals allegedly responsible for reigniting tensions between the two communities. In a press release on Monday, Inyang expressed concern over reports of renewed threats…
The Cross River State Government has expanded entrepreneurship education to 100 secondary schools across the state as part of efforts to nurture a new generation of business-minded youths and strengthen the state’s long-term economic development strategy. The initiative, implemented through the Cross River State Microfinance and Enterprise Development Agency (MEDA), forms part of the entrepreneurship…
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…
