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 Elijah Ugani: Health Correspondent Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has said that a proper birth register if maintained, can form the foundation for Nigeria’s national database. “The birth registration program if well maintained, can form the foundation for Nigeria’s national data base which at the moment is distributed among establishments like the Immigration,
By Margaret John Resident Doctors in the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital have issued a 21-day ultimatum to the management of the hospital to respond to its concerns regarding the exclusion of its members from the payment of arrears and salaries owed in the last four months to one year. The decision which was taken
Efa Sunday Second Chance Initiative (SCI), a nonprofit organisation in Calabar has carried out free medical outreach at Akpene Tete Community of Akpabuyo Local Government Area, Cross River State. The free medical outreach which was at the Apostolic Church Akpene Tete, include cervical cancer screening, HIV testing and counseling, Malaria screening and treatment and distribution
Introduction Cervical cancer is a type of cancer that begins in the uterine cervix, the lower end of the uterus that contacts the upper Vagina. Cervical cancer occurs in almost 13,000 women each year in the United States, leading to about 4,100 deaths. Since 1980, the incidence of cervical cancer has declined by 49 percent.
By Efa Sunday It was a tragic day for the family of Mrs. Happiness Sunday Okon and the students and staffs of Government Secondary School Atekong as an adjoining electric pole electrocuted one of the student, Isaac Sunday Okon to death Friday afternoon in Calabar. CrossRiverWatch gathered that Isaac Sunday Okon is the only son
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Information reaching CrossRiverWatch suggests that a former minister of environment, Mr. John Omar Odey has died. Mr. Odey died in the early hours of Sunday in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates where sources say he has been hospitalised for weeks. Odey, who is also a former minister for information is said to
By Elijah Ugani: Health Correspondent At least 65.5 percent of women in Cross River State have experienced some form of physical violence since age 15 says the Canadian charity organisation, CUSO International. The organisation’s gender expert attached to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Jacque Karungi disclosed this while making a presentation at a one