By Our Reporter Residents of Cross River State are currently grappling with severe economic strain as transportation costs reach unprecedented levels following a fresh hike in the price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS). In many filling stations across the state, the pump price of petrol has soared to as high as N1,350 per litre. This…
By Ovat Abeng An inter-council dispute has erupted in Anambra State following the alleged unilateral renaming of Limca Road (Old Enugu–Onitsha Road) by the Idemili Local Government Area, an action strongly condemned by the Onitsha North Local Government Council as illegal and unconstitutional. In an official public notice dated March 20, 2026, the Mayor of…
By Ovat Abeng The Anambra State Police Command said it has recovered a suspected stolen white trailer tanker abandoned along the Onitsha/Owerri Expressway. The State Police Public Relations officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, who disclosed this in a statement in Awka on Sunday, said the vehicle was found without a registration number and key in the…
By Our Reporter Residents fleeing Odonget community in Obubra Local Government Area of Cross River State have raised an alarm over a burgeoning humanitarian crisis, accusing the Nigerian Army of preventing them from retrieving and burying loved ones killed during last week’s violent clashes. The community remains under a heavy security lockdown following the deployment…
By Ovat Abeng A middle aged man, Mr Chukwunenye Nweke has called on the Inspector General of Police, Mr Tunji Disu, to order a proper investigation to unravel the cause of his mother’s death, he alleged to have cause by unprofessional conduct of police officer from the State Criminal Investigation Department (State CID), Awka at…
Residents of Iffe Ijumu in Ijumu Local Government Area of Kogi State are demanding urgent investigation after Miss Iyabo Iwamofe, a local shop owner and Women Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Iffe/Ikoyi Ward, sustained severe facial injuries in an alleged incident of police misconduct on Sunday, March 8, 2026. A video obtained by…
Social commentators and activists have condemned the violent disruption of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) secretariat commissioning in Bakassi Local Government Area of Cross River State, allegedly carried out by suspected political thugs. The incident, which occurred on Saturday, was captured in a viral video showing hoodlums storming the venue of the ceremony, scattering chairs…
…Laments eight-month blackout in Big Qua Town By Kelvin Obambon The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Cross River State Council, has strongly condemned the persistent and worsening electricity situation across the state, specifically highlighting a devastating eight-month blackout in Big Qua community of Calabar. In a communiqué issued following its Congress held on Wednesday, March…
By Ovat Abeng A coalition of concerned citizens and residents of Anambra State has expressed anxiety over what it described as credible reports of alleged efforts by a certain transferred Deputy Commissioner of Police (Name withheld), to secure a return posting to the state. In a communiqué issued on Wednesday in Awka and signed…
By Ovat Abeng The embattled Onitsha main market has been reopened for trading as order by the Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Charles Soludo. It was gathered that the traders commenced reopening of their shops at about 7 am. Recall that the market was shut down last week Monday by the governor as one of measures…
