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The death of the paramount traditional ruler of Obudu Local Government Area in Cross River State, His Royal Majesty, Joseph Davies-Agba, has been officially announced by the family. Read Also: Accept Your Fate, Tinubu Defeated You — FG…

Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Cross River, Senator Bassey Otu, has been declared winner of the governorship election held last Saturday by Independent National Electoral Commission. Otu polled a total of…

Family Court sitting in Calabar, Cross River State has sentenced a 47-year-old man, identified as Emmanuel Thompson Udo to life imprisonment for raping his 14-year-old stepdaughter. Udo was on Thursday, December 3, found guilty of raping…

Nigerian army has began preparation to launch ‘Operation Crocodile Smile VI’ in the south-east and Cross River state. The Deputy Director of Army Public Relations, 82 Division, Enugu, Aliyu Yusuf, stated this in a statement issued on…

Eleven persons travelling for a funeral ceremony have died in a ghastly motor accident in Cross River State. The accident, which involved a white-coloured Hiace bus number plates EDA28XA, occurred around 10 a.m on Thurday, September 24,…

Bauchi state Governor, Bala Mohammed, has said 15 persons who tested positive for COVID-19 in the state came from ‘infection-free’ Cross River state. As at press time, Cross River has no reported case of COVID-19. Speaking at a…

Mixed reactions have trailed the decision of Governor of Cross River State, Ben Ayade to exempt the poor, small business owners, artisans, low-income earners, and others from paying tax in the state. Ayade was seen weeping in a video…

A Federal High Court, sitting in Calabar, Cross River has on February 13 granted bail to the detained Nigerian journalist, Agba Jalingo. Justice Sule Shuaibu of the Federal High Court, Calabar, granted the journalist N10 million bail,…

Mr Agba Jalingo inside the courtroom The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has joined the growing number of groups that have called on the Nigerian government to free the detained Nigerian journalist, Agba Jalingo, from prison. In a…

A Corps member and Facebook user, Progress Oberiko took to the platform to share a story of a family of 5 battling mental illness in Ogoja area of Cross River State. According to the corps member, the family of 5 battling mental…

A wonder bank, operating under the name,  Micheno Multipurpose Cooperative Society, MMCS, has defrauded over 13,000 people to the tune of N27 billion in Cross River State. The scheme owned and operated by one Michael Eke, had promised…

The decomposing bodies of 8 Cameroonian refugees were found in their room in Ikom, Cross River State today July 28th. According to reports, the dead persons were refugees who fled Cameroon following the trouble in their area and…

2-year-old Destiny Kelvin was set ablaze by Leo Columbus Enwa, in Akampka Local Government Area of Cross River State. Leo reportedly tied his brother's child, Destiny, to a tree and set her lower limb on fire because she defecates…

The Cross River State government began the vaccination of babies against measles troubling the lives of babies between the ages of 9 to 59 months and called on both mothers and caregivers to make visitation with their babies to the nearest…