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Three Arrested, Face Murder Charge For Role In Akamkpa Communal Crisis

February 12, 2025 Admin No Comments

The Cross River State Police Command says it has arrested three suspects in connection with the ongoing deadly communal crisis in Iko-Esai community, Akamkpa Local Government Area. Obort Obia, Elijah Okomison, and Clement Akposi, the police say, will be charged with murder, arson, malicious damage, and conspiracy. The Ikoi-Esai crisis escalated when one Christian Abakun,…

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Cross River-Born EFCC Zonal Head Inducted Fellow, Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers

February 9, 2025February 9, 2025 Admin No Comments

We can confirm that, Head, Benin Zonal Command of Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Effa Imoh Okim has been inducted Fellow, Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers. A pronouncement to this effect was made yesterday, Saturday 4, 2025, in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, during the 4th Statutory Council Meeting of the Nigerian Institution…

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The Imperialist Triad: How Trump, Putin & Xi Are Redrawing The Global Map

February 9, 2025 Admin No Comments

For much of the 20th century, world affairs were defined by ideological battles. The Cold War, though tense and palpable, was ultimately a period of predictable stability. The United States championed liberty and capitalism, while the Soviet Union pushed Marxist-Leninist doctrine. These rival systems clashed through ideological standoffs, high-stakes negotiations, aggressive diplomatic maneuvers, proxy debates,…

Cross River News, Features

Medical Doctor Bags Seven Years Imprisonment for N127m Fraud in Calabar

February 8, 2025February 8, 2025 Admin No Comments

A Federal High Court, sitting in Calabar, Cross River State, presided over by Justice Rosemary Oghogho-rie has convicted and sentenced a medical doctor, Geraldine Orok Ita to seven years in prison for fraud. Ita was prosecuted by the Uyo Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, on a twelve-count charge, bordering on forgery…

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A Rebuttal: The Case For Presidential Legacy And Historical Recognition

February 6, 2025 Admin No Comments

Ugo Egbujo’s critique of President Tinubu’s supposed “self-immortalization” is, at best, a selective interpretation of leadership legacy and, at worst, an unfair dismissal of historical precedent. While it is important to hold leaders accountable, reducing a leader’s legacy to the naming of public institutions after him ignores the broader context of governance, national development, and…

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Ikom LG Legislature Shuns Council Chairman, Stays Away From Solemn Assembly

February 5, 2025 Admin No Comments

After weeks of what political observers say has been a period of suppressed anger, the Legislature in Ikom Local Government Area, showed the first signs of disagreement between her and council chairman, Mercy Nsor, after all 11 councillors in the LGA, shunned a two-day religious programme, organised by the chairman to usher in the 2025…

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