By Deborah Obot Bekwarra Local Government Area of Cross River State has been declared Open Defecation Free (ODF) community by the Federal Government of Nigeria. Bekwarra became the second LGA in Cross River after Obanliku to be declared ODF after a rigorous process of three stage verification, certification and a final validation by the Federal
By Elijah Ugani: Health Correspondent A Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) inspired foundation has carried out a medical outreach in Ukpong Attia community of Akpabuyo local government area of southern Cross River State. YALI is a United States government program aimed at building leaders in the African region and the founder of the foundation, Ms.
By Deborah Obot Report reaching our newsroom has it that one Master Joseph Archibong has just given up the ghost (Sunday morning at about 3am) at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH). The deceased had been battling for his life since Easter Sunday 1st April, 2018 after being shot at about 1am (below abdomen)
By Jonathan Ugbal The Cross River State Government has identified financing and manpower development as key areas needed to ensure the state achieves universal health coverage. The commissioner for health, Dr. Inyang Asibong and the Director General of the Cross River State Primary Health Care Development Agency, Dr. Betta Edu disclosed this in exclusive interviews
By Elijah Ugani: Health Correspondent The Cross River State School of Nursing and Midwifery in Ogoja has been awarded full accreditation by the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria a statement from the state’s ministry of health says. This is the first time the state is achieving such a feat as the commissioner for health,
By Elijah Ugani: Health Correspondent The Mediatrix Development Foundation, founded by the wife of the Governor of Cross River State, Dr. Linda Ayade says one Mrs Patricia Agim who was sponsored by the foundation for the treatment of toxic goitre has undergone a successful surgery. Mrs. Agim is said to have been one of those
By Ilam Patricia The Government of Cross River State has received 19 motorcycles from the World Health Organization (WHO) to support its health surveillance system in interior areas not easily accessible by vehicles. Speaking separately, the State Commissioner for Health and maiden CrossRiverWatch Man Of The Year, Dr. Inyang Asibong and the Director General, Cross
By Ogar Monday Follow @ogar_monday 54 year old Mr. Mathias Odey whose hand was chopped off by a herdsman on Sunday November 5, 2017 has said that he has been rendered helpless with no help coming from anywhere. “When this happened, they were promises that the government will take care of my hospital bills and