Calabar
2 Nov
An armed robbery gang, yesterday, raided houses and carted away pots of soup at the Mbukpa, Ambo and Adak Uko areas of Calabar South Local Council of Cross River State. Though burglary was a regular occurrence in these areas, the carting away of pots of soup and food items was surprising to residents. The Guardian…
27 Oct
Minibus drivers in Calabar, Cross River State, have barricaded major bus stops on the Muritala Muhammad highway in protest against alleged extortion of N45,000 by government agencies for wrong parking. The angry drivers, who chanted anti-government songs with tree leaves and branches on their vehicles, disrupted flow of traffic and left passengers stranded at bus…
3 Oct
Unknown gunmen have kidnapped a fish seller in Cross River State and are demanding five million naira as ransom from the family.
17 Aug
After 23 years of communal conflict in Ikot Offiong, Odukpani Council of Cross River State, the newly elected Obong of Calabar, Etubom Anthony Ani, is set to provide schools for the community. With this development, over 20,000 out-of-school children of the community, scattered all over the state owing to the crisis, will now have access…
1 Aug
The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), Cross River chapter is protesting over the kidnap of it colleague, Prof. Ekanem Philip Ephraim who has been in captivity for the past 19 days. She was kidnapped by unknown gunmen on July, 13, 2023 at her Clinic along Mountain of Fire and Miracle Ministries by Atimbo, in Calabar while…
25 Jun
Three out of Thirteen Students from Nigeria Medical Students Association (NiMSA) who went on a boat cruise at Marina Resort in Calabar, Cross River State are still missing.
21 Jun
The Cross River State Governor, Senator Bassey Otu has placed an immediate ban on commercial motorcycles popularly known as okada in the state's capital, Calabar.
9 Jun
Federal High Court sitting in Calabar has sentenced two females to 5 years imprisonment for selling a one-year-old boy, in Cross River State.
25 Apr
Street sweepers (women) in Calabar Municipality and Calabar South local governments, Cross River State yesterday staged a street protest, and barricaded Governor's office over four months of unpaid stipends in Calabar. The angry women in their fifties and sixties numbering over a hundred littered the front of the governor's office with debris to show their…
9 Mar
Troops of 13 Brigade Nigerian Army Calabar, deployed for Operation Akpakwu, have successfully rescued the Commissioner for Women Affairs in Cross Rivers State, Associate Prof Gertrude Nnanjar Njar on Tuesday 8 March 2023.
30 Jan
Residents of Calabar, the Cross River capital, are lamenting the epileptic power supply and the unavailability of petroleum products in the state in the last few weeks.
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