By Our Reporter Cross River State Governor, Senator Bassey Otu has extolled the patriotic contributions of the Armed Forces, especially those who lost their lives in the course of duty, to the sovereignty, unity, peace and stability of Nigeria. The Governor gave the commendation on Monday at the event of the Armed Forces Remembrance Day,…
By Joe Udo The Federal Capital Territory, FCT High Court in Zuba, Abuja, on Friday, sentenced a dismissed inspector, Haruna Ocheni, to 30 years’ imprisonment for killing a 17-year-old boy. The police charged Ocheni with culpable homicide, not punishable by death. Delivering judgment, Justice Kezziah Ogbonnaya held that the prosecution had proven its case beyond…
By Frank Ulom Governor Bassey Otu has received the new State Director of the Department of State Services, DSS, Cross River State Command, Mrs Roseline Izuagbe. Otu received Izuagbe in his office in Calabar on Tuesday 9 January 2024. Izuagbe was accompanied by the outgoing State Director of DSS, Mr John Sokoya. READ ALSO | Calabar Slave History…
By Our Reporter The leader of the Biafra Nations League, BnL, Princewill Chimezie Richards, at the weekend, ordered his men to take down Cameroonian flags from the Bakassi Peninsula, insisting that BnL will not tolerate foreign flags flying along with the Biafran flags in the territory. Richards, who disclosed this to Sunrise Daily declared a…
By Frank Ulom The Nigeria Police Force, NPF has released physical and credential screening dates and venue for recruitment into the Force’s General Duty/Specialist (Constables). According to a press release signed by SP Irene Ugbo, Police Public Relations Officer in Cross River on Tuesday, the physical screening date for the ongoing 2023/2024 recruitment is from…
By Chris Thompson Over 10,000 Palestinians have moved into an already crowded town at the southernmost end of Gaza in recent days, fleeing Israel’s bombardment of the centre of the strip, as a senior U.N. official on Friday criticised Israel for continuing to impose “severe restrictions” on access to aid. According to Africanews, the renewed…
By Frank Ulom A dry cleaner (laundry serviceman), Gabriel James has been arrested for alleged kidnapping by the Police in Cross River. James, who operates a laundry service at Edibe Edibe in Calabar South Local Government Area of the state, was arrested on Tuesday night. He is the third member of a kidnapping gang that…
By Frank Ulom Two persons have been arrested by the police in Cross River over the abduction of the wife of a car dealer, Mrs Aliu in Calabar. CONVERSEER reports that Mrs Aliu was kidnapped in October by the gang who collected a ransom from her husband before being released. However, the kidnappers met their…
By Our Reporter Delegates from Yaounde, capital of Cameroon have fled Bakassi Peninsula following an attack by a militant group, Black Marine that left three soldiers dead. Their visit might be in connection to the attack on oil installations a few days ago which has resulted in fuel crises in Cameroon. According to Sunrise Daily,…
