The Police in Calabar, Cross River State, say they have in their custody, one Cyprian Mbe, arrested for his alleged involvement in arms dealing and promotion of various communal wars across the state. CRS Commissioner of Police, CP Abdulkadir Jimoh, who made this disclosure while addressing newsmen in Calabar today, added that the 52-year old…
By Emmanuel Unah with additional reports A teargas canister suspected to have been shot by Operation Puff Adder, a team of policemen combating drug peddlers and hoodlums has allegedly set a thatch house on fire in Calabar. The house located at No. 6 Murray Street, off Target Road, went up in flames after the police…
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The police in Calabar, Cross River State say three persons were killed and four suspects arrested as the police swung into action to arrest several others believed to be behind the renewed cult war that is currently playing out in Calabar. Irene Itohan Ugbo, a Deputy Superintendent of Police, DSP, and Police Public Relations Officer,…
Some residents of Diamond Hill, Calabar Municipality, for a greater part of Friday night into this morning, violently engaged some persons, believed to be staff of the Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company, PHEDC, and armed security operatives, who attempted to remove the electric transformer serving Diamond Hill and its environs. We gathered that the PHEDC…
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The Police Command in Cross River has arrested a couple for allegedly trafficking their two-year old first son to an agent in Port Harcourt in exchange for money. The Commissioner of Police, Hafiz Inuwa, who presented the suspects to journalists on Tuesday in Calabar, said the couple was arrested on July 23 in Calabar after…
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Mid Monday morning, the Police in Calabar, Cross River State, acting on a tip-off, smashed a notorious five man robbery gang that had successfully robbed a wine retailer and was making away with their loot when the Police responded and engaged the robbers in a gun battle. The ensuing gun battle left three of the…
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