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Imoke May Fire Health Centre Management

by crossriverwatch admin There’s trouble in the offing for the management team of one of the Primary Health Centres in Biase Local Government Council in Cross River State. This is as a result of the persistent demand for money by the staff of the health centre against the free health policy of the Imoke administration

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Eko 2012: Team Cross River Will do Better Than the Last Festival – Ugbe

by crossriverwatch admin The Cross River State Commissioner for Sports and Youth Development and leader of Team Cross River to the 18th National Sports Festival in Lagos tagged “Eko 2012”, has promised that Team Cross River will do better than they did in Rivers State last year. The Cross River State contingent to the 17th

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Germany Moves to Ban Bestiality

The Associated Press BERLIN — A German lawmaker says Parliament is close to passing a law explicitly banning bestiality after animal rights groups and tabloid newspapers pushed for existing legislation to be clarified. Max Lehmer, a lawmaker with Chancellor Angela Merkel’s governing coalition, said Wednesday after a meeting of Parliament’s agriculture committee that the ban

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Activist Secures Details of C’River LGs Allocation From AGF; Heads For EFCC

by crossriverwatch admin Lawyer and Civil Rights Activist, Bar. Obono Obla has successfully obtained the details of financial allocations to the eighteen local government areas of Cross River State from the office of the Accountant General of the Federation, Abuja. It will be recalled that in a letter dated November 9, 2012 and addressed to

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Nigerian Government Fires Director General Of Privatization Agency

By SaharaReporters, New York The Federal Government has sacked, with immediate effect, the Director General (DG) of the Bureau for Public Enterprises, Bolanle Onogoruwa, directing her to hand over to Benjamin Ezra Dikki, the most Senior Director in the Bureau. Mr. Dikki will hold the position in an acting capacity. The changes were contained in

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C-River, UPDC Sign MoU to Build 284 Housing Units

by crossriverwatch admin Cross River State Government and the United African Company of Nigeria Property Development Company have signed a memorandum of understanding for the construction and development of 284 housing units to be known as Golf Estate. The construction of the housing units, which will be done in two phases, is expected to be

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International News

UN Launches Aerial Bombardment in Eastern Congo

Uganda’s military chief said on Tuesday that the leader of the M23 rebel group in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Colonel Sultani Makenga, has agreed to withdraw from the eastern cities of Goma and Sake. African leaders called on the rebels on Saturday to abandon their aim of toppling the government and leave the city

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Congo: Hutu Rebel Group Attacks Rwanda

KIBUMBA, Congo (AP) — Congo residents and M23 rebels say that another rebel group, the FDLR, has crossed the border into Rwanda and is fighting the Rwandan army. An M23 officer who would only give his name as Lt. Paluku and people who live in the Congolese village of Kibumba say they have heard fighting

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