Drivers barricade Calabar-Ikom highway over alleged extortion by police, FRSC personnel
By Emma Una – Calabar Commercial drivers under the aegis of Inter-City drivers Union on Tuesday morning barricaded the busy Calabar Ikom highway to register their protest over alleged extortion by police and Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, in Cross River State. The drivers carried out the protest in Ugep following a resolution in their […]
Former lawmaker’s wife kidnapped by gunmen in Cross River
In the late hours of Sunday, about six hefty men fully armed reportedly kidnapped wife of a former House of Representatives member in Cross River, Patrick Orok Agbor.
Cross River community insists on confirmation of Justice Akon Ikpeme as state’s CJ
By Emma Una ENIONG Abatim community in Odukpani Local Government Area of Cross River State has insisted on the confirmation of Justice Akon Ikpeme as the Chief Judge of the state because the delay in confirming her is setting dangerous precedence in legal and political parlance. Speaking to Vanguard at the weekend after a meeting […]
Fight against quackery: Suspected Cameroonian fake Doctor arrested in Cross River
The fight against quackery and counterfeit drugs in the state is one which the state Government has vowed to take serious to save lives of citizens. Cross River State Ministry of Health and the police, on Monday arrested an alleged fake medical doctor, identified as Kimi Emmanuel, a Cameroonian refugee who disguised himself as a […]
Chief Judge impasse: NJC should report CRSHA to Presidency ― Erokoro
By Ike Uchechukwu Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Paul Erokoro has asserted that it was high time the National Judicial Council reported the Cross River State House of Assembly to the presidency following the impasse that has ensued in the leadership of the Judiciary in the state. Erokoro who made the assertion while speaking with journalist […]
Panel of Enquiry: Cross River adjourns inaugural sitting
By Ike Uchechukwu The inaugural sitting of the Cross River, Judicial Panel of Enquiry into Police Brutality and Restitution has been adjourned to Friday, Nov. 13. The adjournment follows calls by the counsels that the police should be served the petitions which were 39. Speaking during the sitting, on Wednesday in Calabar, Justice Michael Edem, […]
