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In Collaboration With an Indian Foundation, Cross River Gives Sight to 26,000 Persons

by crossriverwatch admin Elder Enebedum Ekedife is a native of Nobi in far away Anambra State, some three hundred kilometers from Calabar the Cross River State capital. For the past three years, both of his eyes have been plagued with problems which have made him completely blind since mid 2012. If he needed to eat

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Cross River Head of Service Tasks Civil Servants on Quality Service Delivery

by crossriverwatch admin The Cross River State Head of Service, HOS, Mrs. Mary-Theresa Ikwen has emphasized the need to acquire planning and research skills to improve productivity in the civil and public service. She stated this in Calabar while declaring open a 3-day workshop on Data Management and Analysis for Planning Research and Statistics. The

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Cross River Doles Out N400 Million to Small Scale Enterprises

by crossriverwatch admin The Cross River State Government through its development agency, Microfinance and Enterprise Development Agency (MEDA) in collaboration with the Bank of Agriculture, has set aside N400 million for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME’s). Speaking at the cheques presentation ceremony to beneficiaries of the scheme in Calabar yesterday, the state Governor, Senator

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17 Missing, 1900 Displaced in Gendarmes Attack On Bakassi Village

by crossriverwatch admin Seventeen people are still missing even as one thousand nine hundred refuges are camped in very squalid condition at the St. Mark Primary School, Eyo Edem in Akpabuyo local Government Area of Cross River State. Senator Florence Ita Giwa who visited the refugee camp which has witnessed three births on Tuesday to

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CrossRiverWatch Editorial: 2013 Local Council Polls – Let the Electorate Decide

by crossriverwatch admin On Monday, March 18, 2013, the Chairman of Cross River State Independent Electoral Commission, Sir Patrick Otu, unveiled the time table for the 2013 elections for the chairmen and councilors positions in the eighteen council areas and one hundred and ninety-six political wards of the state with the polling date fixed for

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Girl 13, Denied School, Bathed With Hot Water

by crossriverwatch admin A thirteen year old girl, Precious Udu, who was taken from Obudu in northern Cross River State to Calabar to work as a house maid has been bathed with hot water severely burning her neck, shoulder and chest even as she was not allowed to attend school by her mistress, Esther Amunde.

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Coastal Communities Appeal to Jonathan For Help as Pirates Paralyze Activities Along Bakassi River

by crossriverwatch admin The increase in the activities of sea pirates along the Bakassi River and other coastal communities in Cross River State have become a source of worry to the people of the riverine communities. A crossriverwatch correspondent who visited the communities gathered that the development has rendered their youths and able adults idle

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