The outgoing Vice-Chancellor of the University of Calabar, Prof Zana Akpagu, has won the All Progressives Congress (APC) primary to contest the October 31 bye-election for the Northern Cross River State Senatorial seat in the state. Akpagu scored 75,490 votes to defeat his closest rival Joe Agi (SAN) and three other contestants for the APC
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Cross River State Police Command have arrested 59 persons suspected to be cult members of the Vikings and Nnabor confraternity. Fifty – one suspects , who were intercepted at the 8 Miles area of Calabar on their way to Akwa Ibom State , were paraded on Wednesday by the Cross River State Commissioner of Police
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The Commissioner of Police in Cross River State , Abdulkadir Jimoh , on Thursday , paraded 34 suspected criminals , among whom were six men , who allegedly kidnapped Mrs Ekwele Agube , the wife of a judge of the Appeal Court , Justice Ignatius Agube . Ekwele ’s aide , Mrs Glory Akpama ,
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The corpse of a young man murdered by unknown person(s) has been found on the roadside close to the boundary between Ugep and Idomi in Yakurr Local Government Area of Cross River State. An eyewitness, Mr Eteng Okoi, said that the victim known as Etim went to Idomi village to work before he met his
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The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) Cross River State branch has brought a confirmation to the public that it has lost one of its members to the COVID-19 disease while nine others are seriously ill after contracting the deadly virus. Dr. Agam E. Ayuk, Chairman of Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), who disclosed this to newsmen in
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Report reaching us indicates that at least one person has been killed while some houses were burnt on Sunday morning when a fight erupted in Igwo community in Obudu Local Government Area of Cross River over compensation for land. It was gathered that the fight broke out over alleged nonpayment of compensation for the land
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Report from Cross River is that 30 officials of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) were yesterday, held hostage by gunmen in Abi Local Council of Cross River State. They were deployed for the re-run election in Ekureku 1 and 2, for Abi\Yakurr Federal Constituency, which witnessed massive turnout. After due intervention by security and INEC
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