Five persons have been arrested for dealing with illegal medicine in Calabar, Cross River State. The suspects were arrested by the Pharmacy Council of Nigeria (PCN) who also sealed 405 shops for violating pharmaceutical council rules. Briefing journalists at the conference hall of the Federal Secretariat in Calabar, on Friday, Pharmacist Stephen Esumobi, PCN’s Director…
Worshippers of African Traditional Religion under the umbrella of the Association of African Tradition Religion Practitioners of Nigeria (AATREN) have called on the Nigerian Government to include African Traditional Religious Studies in the school curriculum. This was disclosed by Chief Ifasegun Elegushi, President of the Association while briefing journalists in Lagos. Elegushi, who is also…
The Cross River State Police Command has ordered the immediate arrest and investigation of a group of girls who stripped and flogged a younger girl in a hotel in Calabar, the state capital. The order was given by the Commissioner of Police, CP Gyogon Augustine Grimah, on Thursday, in a statement signed by SP Irene…
The Cross River State Civil Service Commission has replaced the job portal application link for recruitment into the Commission. This was disclosed in a statement by the Commission’s Chairman, Sir Maurice Effiwatt, on Friday morning, 23rd August 2024. According to the statement, the Commission said it pulled down the smaller website and replaced it with…
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday, 21st August 2024, arrested one Hyginus Nkwocha for alleged internet fraud (aka Yahoo Boy) and money laundering. According to the EFCC, Nkwocha, 35, was arrested at Ever Green Estate, behind Millennium Estate, Lugbe, Abuja, following intelligence about his suspected involvement in internet fraud and…
