By Jonathan Ugbal The Cross River state government says it has activated measures to checkmate the spread of the COVID-19 virus to the state after the first case of it was announced by Nigeria’s health minister, Osagie Ehanire. The health commissioner, Betta Edu told this reporter in a telephone conversation that over 5,500 medical kits
By CrossRiverWatch Admin World Health Organisation (WHO) has listed Cross River, Akwa Ibom, Lagos, Kano, Rivers, Enugu, Delta, Bayelsa and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) as States with high risk of coronavirus outbreak in Nigeria. Dhamari Naidoo, Technical Officer, Health Emergency Programme of the UN specialized agency, disclosed this in Abuja on Friday, said after
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Philip Agbebia Agba, a sibling of Agba Jalingo, a Nigerian journalist facing charges of terrorism and cybercrime has died at the age of 34. And, Jalingo who has spent 163 days away from his family since his arrest on August 22, 2019 is “distraught with grief,” a statement issued by CrossRiverWatch on
Agency Report The Cross River State government is seeking the removal of bureaucratic bottlenecks to enable the current administration access the basic health care provision fund. The fund is a constitutional provision which requires that one percent of the consolidated revenue is set aside for basic health care. And, the Commissioner for Health in the
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Cross River State Government has issued a statement urging residents across the 18 LGA of the State to watch out for lassa fever. In the release it listed some symptoms as well as guidelines as it spreads to neighboring Akwa Ibom, Ebonyi and Enugu State. The statement signed by Dr. Janet
By Archibong Jeremiah A graduate of Zoology and Environmental Biology (ZEB), University of Calabar, late Maxwell Enudi Lucky took his life. Late Maxwell yesterday committed suicide by taking ‘sniper’ – a poisonous. He graduated December 2019, to defend his project February 2020. A classmate of the deceased who preferred not to be named told Grass
By CrossRiverWatch Admin A patent Medicine dealer has committed suicide in Ogoja Local Government Area of Cross River State. Late Mr. David Agabi hung himself in the early hours of Friday, January 10, 2020, in his house along Okuku Road, Igoli, Ogoja. A source who gave his name as Saviour told Paradise News that “The
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Mr. Ogar Ogbudu, has bath over 27 people with acid in Yala Local Government Area in Northern Cross River State. PARADISE NEWS gathered that the incident occurred on Monday, December 30, 2019, at Ugaga Community where a group of teenagers were having fun. An eyewitness who gave his name as Omgbidu Savour