By Kelvin Ololo As the cost of food, transportation and other basic needs continues to place enormous pressure on households, the struggle to secure affordable accommodation has become another painful burden for many residents of Calabar, where frequent and steep increases in house rents are forcing families to confront fresh uncertainty. The Cross River State
By Kelvin Ololo Two unidentified men have been killed by a mob in the early hours of Sunday after they were suspected of involvement in a robbery along Ekpo Abasi, near Yellow Duke, in Calabar South Local Government Area of Cross River State. The Cross River State Police Command said the circumstances surrounding the incident
By TheInvestigator The Cross River State Political Network (CRISPON) has pledged to deliver 1.5 million votes for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the 2027 general elections, while endorsing the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidates across the state. The Director-General of CRISPON, Prince Michael Nku Abuo, made the pledge on Friday at the take-off point of
By Jonathan Ugbal Mrs. Rosaline Kalu, the mother of the Social and Publicity Secretary of the Nigerian Guild of Editors, Mr. Charles Kalu was on Friday laid to rest at her native Asaga in Ohafia Local Government Area of Abia State. Mma Rosa, as she was fondly called, died on May 22nd, aged 85. And,
By Kelvin Ololo Cross River-born journalist, documentary filmmaker and entrepreneur, Obaji Akpet, has emerged as the new Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) Alumni Hub Lead for Lagos after securing the highest number of votes in the 2026 Hub Lead elections. Akpet, a 2019 TEF Alumni, was formally congratulated by the Foundation’s Alumni Engagement Team, which described
By Kelvin Ololo The Cross River State Police Command has arrested a 29-year-old man, Saviour Otu Adim, over the alleged murder of his six-year-old stepdaughter, Miss Goodness Ekpo Okon, in Bakassi Local Government Area of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer, Cross River State Command, ASP Sunday Eitokpah Akata, disclosed this in a statement
By Kelvin Ololo The night began quietly in Ikot Effanga community, Calabar Municipality, Cross River State, with little indication that two people would not live to see the morning. A man reportedly brought a woman, believed to be his friend, into his apartment on Thursday night to spend the night. By the early hours of
By Nsan Ndoma-Neji An academic don and Professor of Genetics and Biotechnology at the University of Cross River State (UNICROSS) Prof. Hannah Edim Etta has cautioned parents, particularly those in the academics, over what she described as “career madness” in Nigeria, warning that it has created dangerous gaps in child upbringing, destroying family values. Speaking