By Sylvia Akpan Activities in the Calabar South Local Government Council ground to a halt last weekend after the chairperson, Mrs. Esther Edet Bassey led a candle procession in honor of her late aide, Mrs. Kate Okon Umoh. The late Mrs. Umoh had served in various capacities in the council and was viewed as a
By Godwin Otang Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Center, CISLAC, through her Tax Justice Network Platform, TJNP, in collaboration with other CSOs has converged in Calabar, the Cross River State capital to strengthen the anti-tobacco advocacy and Tobacco Tax Control Law in the State. In an address, the Executive Director of CISLAC, Auwal Ibrahim Musa said
By Patrick Obia Sweetest Kiddies Sanctuary has taken its sensitization and distribution of sanitary pads to Government Girls Secondary School, Big Qua Town, Calabar Municipal Local Government Area of Cross River State, where 900 Lady Care sanitary pads were given out to students. The NGO which is a subsidiary of Sweetest Kiddies Empire whose objective
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Cross River State Government has approached NAFDAC to approve it’s Calachika factory. The Governor, Sen. Ben Ayade while on a tour of the facility disclosed that the approval will go a long way in boosting the chain cycle for chicken farming. As reported by Channels TV, Ayade said the chicken factory is
By CrossRiverWatch Admin In commemoration of the 2022 World Cancer day in Cross River, the Nigeria Medical Women Association in conjunction with the Calabar South Local Government Area has flagged off a free cancer screening, awareness and treatment exercise for women in the area, with about 240 women enrolled. Speaking on the development, the Chairman
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre) has petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to investigate the alleged fraud, mismanagement of public funds, embezzlement, corruption and sharp practices, against Emostrade Engineering Limited for abandoning the ₦1.2 Billion Specialist Hospital project in Ikom Local Government, Cross River State. According
By Rauf Oyewole, WikkiTimes Adamu Yusuf Misau became a widower on August 5, 2020, at the age of 43 when his wife died during childbirth in Bauchi metropolis. His wife, Zaliha Yahaya Muhammad, was taken to the State Low-Cost Primary Health Centre where she had a stillbirth and died of complications afterwards, he said. Adamu
By Patrick Obia The Church of Jesus Christ of Later-Day Saints has donated thirty-six (36) Pints of blood to management of University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH) blood bank. The donation exercise is part of the Saints’ ways of contribution in saving patients who are in need of blood for survival and forms part of