On a Sunday evening in March this year, Akiba Ekpeyong, a community leader in Akpap-Okoyong, received a text message that made him drop everything he was doing in the community, a cluster of farming villages in Odukpani Local Government Area of Cross River State, South-South Nigeria. The message came from another chief nearby, warning of …
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Ben Ayade, Cross River State Governor, South-south Nigeria says the state government would not allow any procession relating to June 12 Democracy Day celebrations in the state. Ayade in a statement by Christian Ita, his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, said the decision to ban all forms of processions in the state was based …
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Residents of Umuahia and Aba metropolis in Abia State, Southeast Nigeria, have been instructed to stay indoors between the hours of 10 p.m to 6 a.m with effect from Monday, April 5 till further notice. Okezie Ikpeazu, the State Governor, imposed a curfew on Monday which he said was as a result of security reports …
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Save the Children, through a donation by the BIC West and Central Africa Regional Office, distributed 100,000 lucky pens and learning materials to pupils and schools in Maiduguri, Borno State, Northeast Nigeria and Ogoja, Cross River State, South-south in support of safe school resumption for some of the most vulnerable children in Nigeria. Primary education …
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Over 280 youths in Boki Local Government Area of Cross River State, South-south Nigeria have renounced membership of various cult groups. According to a report by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), John Ewa, Chairman of the Local Government Council, disclosed this on Monday at the launch of a campaign tagged “The New Boki Project” …
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Police in Cross River State, South-south Nigeria said they have deployed more officers to the checkpoints where two officers were killed and one injured by unknown assailants. The shooters who struck in the early hours of Wednesday at two checkpoints in Ofatura and Onyadama in Obubra Local Government Areas of the state also made away …
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At least 35 persons including 11 children and 24 pregnant women have been rescued from an illegal maternity home in Calabar, Cross River State, South-south Nigeria, government operatives said. The rescue operation was carried out at the so-called “baby factory” by a security outfit, Operation Akpakwu, set up by Ben Ayade, Governor of the state …
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The Cross River State Commissioner of Police, Abdulkadir Jimoh, has died of COVID-19. HumAngle gathered that Jimoh died at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital isolation centre. His death follows a series of new cases of COVID-19 which has re-surged in what experts are calling a second wave. Recently, the Nigerian Army said 26 personnel …
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The Police in Cross River State, Southsouth Nigeria on Wednesday confirmed the assassination of an Assistant Commissioner of Police, Egbe Edum by unknown gunmen. Egbe was killed in the early hours of Wednesday in Calabar, the state capital. HumAngle reports that Irene Ugbo, the command`s Public Relations Officer, confirmed the death to the News Agency …
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Cross River State has officially joined other states in Nigeria and the Federal Capital Territory with confirmed COVID-19 cases following an announcement by Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Monday evening. Hours before the NCDC released its daily case updates, the state branch of Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) declared on an indefinite strike because …
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