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
By Efa Sunday The management of the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH) says it is planning to set up a committee that will ensure efficiency in the discharge of services to patients. The Chief Medical Director, Dr. Thomas Agan disclosed this while reacting to questions and concerns raised by doctors in the hospital during
By Elijah Ugani: Health Correspondent No fewer than 33 young girls have been trained on issues relating to sexual and reproductive health under the Health Initiative for Stability in Africa (HIFASS) Local Orphan and Vulnerable Children Partners in Nigeria Region three (LOPIN 3) as a means to ensure a viable future for them. 13 of
By Elijah Ugani: Health Correspondent The Cross River State government has said that there are up to 2,000 undiagnosed cases of vesicovaginal fistula (VVF) in the state. This is even as the state plans the repair of 50 VVF cases at the VVF center in Calabar in partnership with the Fistula Foundation of Nigeria and
By Jonathan Ugbal and Elijah Ugani: Health Correspondent The Cross River State council of the Trade Union Congress has called on the Cross River State government to pay the NGN250 million seed fund promised by the governor, Senator Ben Ayade during the launch of the state’s health insurance scheme. The chairman, Comrade Clarkson Otu made
By Elijah Ugani: Health Correspondent In what seems to be a twist of events for the much publicised wide acceptance of the Cross River Health Insurance Scheme, the Nigerian Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) has said it will resist any form of deduction. The Cross River State Government had launched the scheme tagged ‘Ayadecare’