Tag: Cross River State
Fleeing Driver Arrested, Jailed
A driver, Edem Bassey Effiong, a native of Calabar, Cross River State, southsouth Nigeria, who disappeared in Lagos with his…
No Longer Business As Usual In Yala LGA
Barrister Tony Odey, an aspirant for the chairmanship seat of the Yala Local Government Area of Cross River State, southsouth…
Driver Bolts With Employer’s Car
A driver, Edem Bassey Effiong, a native of Calabar, Cross River State, south-south Nigeria, has disappeared with his employer’s Toyota…
Imoke returns to US for medical treatment
Governor Liyel Imoke of Nigeria’s southern state of Cross River has returned to the United States for urgent medical treatment,…
My Biafran War Reminiscences
By David Odey After reading Chinua Achebe’s There Was A Country and the recent three-part series on the 30-month Nigerian…
Gov. Imoke back in action kicking football
Governor Liyel Imoke of Nigeria’s Cross River state who returned to Calabar Friday night, performed his first official function when…
Nigeria: Another power plant goes on stream
The 565 megawatts Odukpani Power Plant in the Nigerian southern state of Cross River will commence operation before the end…
4 sentenced For Vandalising Cables
Four youths, Oliver Onyekachi, Tochukwu Chukwu, Sunday Ade and John Eze in Ogoja, northern Cross River State have been sentenced…
7 Killed In Clashes Over Farmland
Inter communal strife between the people of Adadama and Igbo Amabana in Abi local government area in the central part…
Nigerian Army Arrests 22 Suspected Oil Thieves
Officials of Sector Three of the Operation Pulo Shield attached to 13 Brigade, Nigerian Army, Calabar, the Cross River State…
Cross River dep-gov inspires Nigerians
The Acting Governor of Nigeria’s eastern state of Cross River, Mr Efiok Cobham , has urged the people to see…
Nigerian Girl Commits Suicide
A 22-year old girl, Felicia Ndon, has allegedly committed suicide by drinking a highly potent pesticide called Gamalin 20. According…
Cross River Spends N1.5b On Carnival
Nigeria’s Cross River State Government spent over N1.5 billion on this month’s carnival in Calabar, the Chairman of the Cross…
JTF Destroys Illegal Products, Arrest Police ASP
Joint Task Force (JTF), Operation Pulo Shield, Sector 3 of the 13 Brigade Nigerian Army, on Wednesday destroyed 10,000 drums…
4 Detained Over Missing Rifle
Four policemen attached to the Ikot Nakanda Police Station in Akpabuyo Local Government Area of Cross River State have been…
Team Lagos Will Retain Title In Calabar
Assistant Coach of Team Lagos Football Team, Bankole Olowookere has boasted that his Team will defend the title in the…
Delta carry the crown as Eko 2012 sports fiesta ends
Tunde Oyedele/Abimbola Ajayi Team Delta were Sunday evening declared overall winners of the 18th National Sports Festival, as a grand…
A Deadly Highway
With its deplorable state, the Calabar-Ogoja highway in Cross River State may well be Nigeria’s worst road The two men…
Man Commits Suicide Over Debt
A transport operator has committed suicide over a debt he owed a local thrift association. The transporter, Gabriel Agochi, who…
Condoms Distributed For Obudu Mountain Race
The Cross River State Action Committee on HIV and AIDS (SACA) said on Sunday that the committee distributed one million…
Ethiopians win Obudu Mountain race
A two-time winner, Abebe Dinkesa of Ethiopia has again won the 2012 edition of the Obudu International Mountain race in…
King’s College ’78 Set To Embark On Peace Tour
Members of the 1973-1978 set of King’s College, Lagos, southwest Nigeria, reunited in Calabar, Cross River State, southsouth Nigeria, over…
Kidnappers Fed Us With Rice, Stew — Freed School Kids
Johnson and Tricia Eko, the children of Johnson Eko, the Director at the Cross River State Sports Commission kidnapped last…
Gunmen Abduct 2 School Children, Demand N30m Ransom
Some gunmen on Tuesday kidnapped two children of the same parents in Calabar, the Cross River State capital, Southsouth Nigeria.…
Council boss docked for cult membership
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja In a move calculated to enforce a constitutional restriction on public officials from membership of secret…
Okada Rider Takes Nurse To Slaughter Slab
A commercial motorcycle rider, also known as okada rider in Bekwara, Cross River State, southsouth Nigeria, identified as Ifeanyi alias…
Liberia: We Don’t Fear Eagles
Notwithstanding the pedigree of the Super Eagles in world football, ex-captain of Liberia’s Lone Star, Anthony Laffour, believes his country…
Can Eagles Scale Liberia Hurdle?
Attention will shift to the U.J. Esuene Stadium, Calabar, Cross River State on Saturday when Super Eagles of Nigeria play…
We Suspect The Sudden Interest In Us -Bakassi People
Some Bakassi people have declared that they have accepted their fate following the International Court of Justice ruling of 10 October, 2002…
79,000 Persons Displaced By Disasters In Cross River
EMMA UNA/ Calabar Persistent battering of Cross River State by climate change disasters have left over 79,000 persons displaced in…