By Ushang Ewa The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has expressed dissatisfaction over the delay in prosecuting arrested quack medical practitioners across the country in other to serve as a deterrent to others. NMA President, Dr. Francis Faduyile, said this on Thursday in Calabar during the opening ceremony of the `Physicians Week 2018’ with the theme
By Jonathan Ugbal The Lost Café, a movie produced by Norway based Cross Riverian, Regina Idu Udalor has now won five awards, been nominated seven times and screened at ten different film festivals since its premiere in October 30, 2017 at the African International Film Festival (AFRIFF) in Lagos. A list compiled by CrossRiverWatch shows
By Oto-Obong Clement And Deborah Obot A total of 29 contestants have arrived the Obudu mountain resort to camp for the 2018 edition of the Cross River North Festival pageant. The pageant tagged; ‘NorthFest Pageant’ was introduced in 2017. And, the Senior Special Assistant on Administration to Governor Ben Ayade, Mr. Noel Ugbong told CrossRiverWatch
By Inyali Peter The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Obudu/Bekwarra/Obanliku federal constituency in the 2019 general elections, Mr. Koko Dan has donated a furnished four-bedroom apartment to a family which lost its hut to a harmattan fire in Obudu local government area of northern Cross River State. CrossRiverWatch gathered that the
By Efa Sunday The presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party, Mr. Donald Duke has said if elected in the February 16, 2019 general elections, he will fix the electricity challenges facing Nigeria within 36 months in office. Duke stated this recently in an interview with Channels TV monitored by CrossRiverWatch where he said it
By Elijah Ugani: Health Correspondent The family of five suspected to be mad whose image went viral last week has been deemed as ‘not psychiatric’ by medical authorities in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. The consultant psychiatrist in the Federal Neuro Psychiatric hospital in Calabar, Dr. Michael Olutoki said a team from the facility
By Ushang Ewa The Cross River State command of the Nigerian Police Force says the mother of five year old twins killed in a fire incident on Tuesday is currently in their custody to prevent her from being lynched by angry neighbors. The woman (unnamed) who sells fried beans cake commonly referred to as ‘akara’
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent The training of an 800 man special force consisting of personnel of the Nigerian Army, Nigerian Police, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps and the Nigerian Immigration Service was on Tuesday flagged off in Cross River State to checkmate kidnappings, robbery, militancy among other crimes. The month long training