By Dianabasi Effiong The Chairman of the Police Service Commission, DIG Hashimu Argungu (Rtd), has written to the Inspector General of Police (IG), urging him to investigate the roles of some officers of the Zone 7 Police Command for their alleged involvement in corruption, civil and land matters. According to the PSC’s Spokesperson, Ikechukwu Ani,…
By Anietie Akpan The minor brush between Fulani herdsmen and farmers in Okoyong Usanga Abasi, Ikot Essien, and Atang Mbakara Okoyong communities in Odukpani Local Government Area of Cross River State has been brought under control. The State Commissioner of Police, Gyogon Grimah said there was “a little brush” between the locals and some Fulani…
By Magnus Effiong A group of legal practitioners in Cross River has petitioned the Commissioner of Police in the State, Augustine Grimah, to urgently investigate the reported brutality meted out on a citizen, Ogo Ogar Ichire, by the police in Ikom, central Cross River. The lawyers, led by Barrister Sony Mgbe, said Ogo Ichire was…
By Magnus Effiong/Princewill Kingston Crisis is brewing at the headquarters of the Cross River Basin Development Authority (CRBDA) located in 8 miles, Calabar, over the reported theft of MF 275 tractor belonging to the Authority. Besides, the CRBDA workers, weekend, blocked the main entrance to the Basin Authority headquarters in protest over alleged non-payment of…
By Magnus Effiong The Organised Labour, coalition of Civil Society Organisations, student groups, women groups, youths and market women, Wednesday, rose from a well-attended meeting to distance themselves from the #endbadgovernance protest. Speaking, Chairman Nigeria Labour Congress NLC, in the State, Comrade Gregory Olayi, said workers in the state would not participate in the protest, submitting “As…
By Magnus Effiong The Paramount Ruler of Etung local government area of Cross River State, His Royal Majesty (HRM) Dr. Emmanuel Oru-Ojong, has appealed to Governor Bassey Otu to intervene in the incarceration of Dr. Oscar Ofuka, former Special Adviser on Cocoa Development and Control in former governor Ben Ayade’s administration. Some powerful officials of…