By Favour Adinya The BrenCare Foundation has joined the rest of the world to mark the 2025 World Menstrual Hygiene Day in Cross River State, distributing sanitary pads. Held on May 29th (not World Menstrual Hygiene Day of 28th May) at Government Secondary School, Ikot Edem Odo, Akpabuyo Local Government Area of the state, with
In the remote, rugged hills of Etung Local Government Area in Cross River State, a silent but deadly crisis threatens the foundation of basic healthcare. Beneath the surface of dedicated health workers and hopeful patients lies a harsh reality: the lack of clean water at Nsofang Primary Health Center and Akarim Health Post has turned
By Kelvin Ololo The Government of Cross River State, has encouraged residents of the state to participate in the month environmental sanitation. The monthly exercise was paused last month to enable students writing the 2025 Joint Administration and Matriculation Board (JAMB) examinations in the state have eased movement in the morning hours. The announcement for
By Kelvin Ololo The Cross River State Ministry of Information has inaugurated 26 Social Mobilization Technical Committee (SOMTEC), members to spearhead advocacy for health, rights of children and pregnant women in rural communities in the state. The 26 were inaugurated at the Ministry of Information conference hall Calabar, by the Permanent Secretary Offiong Ani Offiong,
By Patrick Obia A one-day capacity building session focused on strengthening accountability and transparency in Nigeria’s methane emissions management, has ended with stakeholders brainstorming on reforms for achieving national and global reduction targets. The event organized by Paradigm Leadership Support Initiative (PLSI), in collaboration with Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI) held at Stratton Hotel, Asokoro
Simply identified as Joy, Mary, and Deborah, they were arrested while administering care to patients at the Accident and Emergency ward, and spent the night detained in their uniforms with their families left confused and in tears.
By Jonathan Ugbal Nurses and midwives have shut the entrance to the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, UCTH, while protesting the arrest of three of their colleagues. Numbering over 100, and donning their white gowns, the nurses embarked on a protest, downing tools on Tuesday morning with some patients wondering what their fate is. “Nurses
By Jonathan Ugbal The Cross River State Police Command on Monday arrested three yet to be identified nurses after a relative of a patient who died reported theft of a sim card. The three nurses, stationed at the Accident and Emergency Department of the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital were asked to provide care after