A 1-day-old infant who was left outside in the rain on Friday morning has passed away.None of the witnesses could immediately identify the baby's gender or describe how or when it was abandoned.They insisted, however, that the infant had to have been abandoned by the side of the road in the pouring rain.The Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Elvert Ayambem, who lives nearby, was alerted by residents of the Ikot Ishie community in the Calabar Municipality Counci...

Three communities in two Local Government Areas of Cross River State have decried neglect and appealed to Gov Bassey Otu to remember them by fixing the only bridge linking them to the outside world before it kills more people.Community leaders expressed unhappiness over the pain that poor access to other communities has caused them.The bridge connects Ejama in Yala Local Government Area as well as Shi-Aya and Ibil communities in Ogoja LGA.Community stakeholders said...

One 54-year-old murder suspect, Mr Nkeruewen Etuk, who reportedly beat his girlfriend to death some days ago has revealed that he did that because the lady carelessly burnt his food (rice) and almost set their apartment ablaze.The suspect made the revelation on Friday when he was paraded by the Cross River State Police Command alongside 18 others, including an ex-convict and two PHCN staff.Etuk said that he never intended to kill his girlfriend identified as Miss. E...