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Ikom Hospital Rejects Referred Patients – UNFPA, Red Cross Cameroonian Refugees Outreach Coordinator As WHO Donates Motorcycles

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March 31, 2018

By Elijah Ugani: Health Correspondent Follow @Elijah_ugani The joint hospital in Ikom local government has been turning back some referred patients says Dr. Stephen Ochang, the leader of the United Nation Population Fund (UNFPA) and Nigerian Red Cross Society sponsored medical outreach for Cameroonian refugees residing in five local government areas of Cross River State.

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Women Protest Gang Rape In Ikom

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March 30, 2018

By CrossRiverWatch Admin Women from Okuni Community in Ikom Local Government Area of Cross River state on Monday, took to the streets to demand justice for a woman who was gang-raped in the presence of her husband. Numbering over one thousand, the women, dressed in black, commenced their peaceful march at the police station in

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Tuberculosis: Failure To Pay Counterpart Fund Slowing Tuberculosis Fight – Partner Tells Cross River Government

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March 27, 2018

By Elijah Ugani: Health Correspondent The United States Agency for International Development Health Finance and Governance (USAID HFG) has blamed the slow fight against Tuberculosis in Cross River State on the state government. The state coordinator of HFG, Dr. Ibiam Azu, made this known Saturday in Calabar, the Cross River capital at an event to

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Provide Free Healthcare For Sexual Abuse Survivors – Stakeholders Tell Cross River Government

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March 26, 2018

By Ogar Monday Stakeholders, working with children, women and vulnerable persons have asked the Cross River State Government to come up with a policy that will provide free health services for survivors of sexual exploitation and abuse. The request was made at a meeting on the causes, effects, experiences of, and responses to sexual exploitation

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Man In Police Custody For Defiling 9 Year Old In Obudu

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March 23, 2018

By Jonathan Ugbal A businessman, John Anayo is said to be in Police custody for defiling a 9 year old primary two (2) pupil of St. Stephen’s Primary School Obudu. The pupil, (name witheld) is said to be staying with one businessman who goes by the nickname ‘Chibest’ in Obudu and after his brother, Mr.

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Born And Abandoned: The Sad Story Of Anderson Ayade

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March 22, 2018

By Elijah Ugani: Health Correspondent The Cross River State Government has announced plans to take care of an abandoned child, Anderson Ayade after the mother deserted him at a Primary Health Care facility in Calabar, the Cross River Capital. The Director General of the State’s Primary Health Care Development Agency, Dr. Betta Edu disclosed this

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World Water Day: Cross River Water Board A Failure – Residents Cry Out (VIDEO)

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March 22, 2018

By Grace Orok, Lucky Edet and Violet Isek Residents of Calabar, the Cross River State capital and its environs are crying out over the poor services rendered by the state’s public utility on water, Cross River State Water Board Limited. The residents who spoke to CrossRiverWatch TV say relying on water board was a waste

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Yakurr Attains Open Defecation Free Status

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March 21, 2018

By CrossRiverWatch Admin Yakurr local government area of central Cross River State has been declared open defecation free (ODF). This makes it the third local government area to attain that status after Obanliku and Abi local government areas attained a similar feat. Cross River is one of the states implementing the United Nations Children’s Education