Four youths, Oliver Onyekachi, Tochukwu Chukwu, Sunday Ade and John Eze in Ogoja, northern Cross River State have been sentenced to eight years in prison for vandalising Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, cables. Justice Emmanuel Ita of the High Court in Ogoja found them guilty of three count charge brought against the accused for [...]
Inter communal strife between the people of Adadama and Igbo Amabana in Abi local government area in the central part of Cross River State, southsouth Nigeria, has claimed at least seven lives. This followed two days of battle with guns and machetes. The outbreak of hostilities between the two neighbouring communities, according to sources, started on Sunday night and raged through [...]
Officials of Sector Three of the Operation Pulo Shield attached to 13 Brigade, Nigerian Army, Calabar, the Cross River State capital, southsouth Nigeria, at about 1 am on Friday arrested 22 suspected oil bunkerers 162 drums of diesels at the Calabar Jetty. The suspected oil thieves who siphoned the product from NNPC pipeline on the [...]
The Acting Governor of Nigeria’s eastern state of Cross River, Mr Efiok Cobham , has urged the people to see challenges as opportunities to turnaround the state’s history for good in the New Year. Cobham gave the charge in a statewide broadcast to mark the beginning of 2013 in Calabar on Tuesday. He specifically charged [...]
A 22-year old girl, Felicia Ndon, has allegedly committed suicide by drinking a highly potent pesticide called Gamalin 20. According to sources, this followed a misunderstanding with her aunt, Agnes, with whom she was living in Ikom, central Cross River State, Nigeria. A large crowd gathered on Saturday afternoon at the scene of the incident. [...]
Nigeria’s Cross River State Government spent over N1.5 billion on this month’s carnival in Calabar, the Chairman of the Cross River State Carnival Commission, Mr Gabe Onah, said on Thursday. Onah told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Calabar that the money was spent on facilities and logistics for the event. The chairman said [...]
Joint Task Force (JTF), Operation Pulo Shield, Sector 3 of the 13 Brigade Nigerian Army, on Wednesday destroyed 10,000 drums used for lifting illegal diesel product in Cross River. Captain James Joseph, the Public Relations Officer of the 13 Brigade Nigerian Army told newsmen in Calabar, that five people were arrested including a serving Assistant [...]
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