Cross River State recorded a major peace breakthrough on Friday as dozens of militants operating in Akpabuyo Local Government Area voluntarily laid down their arms under the state government’s amnesty programme. The Nigerian Army said the surrender took place in the early hours of 16 January 2026, when a large number of militants emerged from…
Hon. Prince Emmanuel Effiom “Rebreed”, the Governor of Performing Musicians Employers Association of Nigeria, PMAN, Cross River State Chapter has declared support for Governor Prince Bassey Otu Chief of Staff, Hon. Emmanuel Ironbar. PMAN support is coming amidst the call by opposition players calling for the sack of Hon. Ironbar over alleged massive corruption. Speaking…
The Cross River State House of Assembly has deliberated on the move to ban housing agents in Calabar and other parts of the state for their alleged role in arbitrarily inflating rent prices and worsening the cost of living for residents. The lawmakers reached the resolution during plenary on Tuesday following a motion raised by…
Tragedy struck in Cross Rivers on Thursday as Mr Morrison Ogbonna, the Commander of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for the state was found dead. He was found dead in a hotel in Calabar. Ogbonna was found dead by his officers who had gone to the hotel to pick him up for a…
Victoria Mba, a resident of Cross River, has accused security operatives attached to the residence of Bassey Otu, governor of the state, of killing her 21-year-old son, Moses Mba. Mba told NAN on Saturday that her son was beaten and shot in front of the Cross River governor’s residence. The mother said on August 1,…
Women in Bendeghe Ekiem and Abia communities in Etung LGA of Cross River State have threatened to go nude if the state government goes ahead to privatise the cocoa plantation in their two communities. The state government has issued an intention to privatise some cocoa estates in many communities, especially those in Bendeghe Ekiem, Abia,…
The Peoples Democratic Party deputy governor candidate in the 2023 election in Cross River state, Dr Emana Ambrose-Amawhe, and her supporters have formally joined the ruling All Progressives Congress. Emana, during the defection ceremony at her ward, Edem Odo in Akpabuyo LGA on Friday, asserted that she was prompted to join the APC following the…
The deputy governorship candidate for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Cross River State, Emana Ambrose-Amawhe has announced her resignation from the party. Ambrose-Amawhe, who was the running mate to Sandy Onor in the 2023 election announced her resignation in a letter addressed to the chairman of Edem Odo Ward in Akpabuyo Local Government Area…
Reports has it that an armed police officer barricaded a busy road in Calabar and started shooting sporadically at passerbys. It was gathered that the tragic incident happened at Atakpa junction near Watt Market, Calabar, in Cross River state. An eyewitness account reveal that the armed policeman started shooting sporadically at innocent Nigerians in the…
The police in Cross River State have arrested a 29-year-old man for allegedly killing his mother for ritual purposes. Irene Ugbo, the police spokesperson in Cross River, confirmed the suspect’s arrest and detention to reporters on Friday in Calabar. Mrs Ugbo, a superintendent of police, did not, however, provide details. The News Agency of…
