By Oto-Obong Clement In a bid to complete the rehabilitation cycle of the internally displaced persons in Bakassi, some concerned individuals have joined in the fray of those seeking to support the indigenes through several intervention programs. One of such is a recent skill acquisition and training program organized by a philanthropist, Mrs. Sarah Archibong
By Ogar Monday A former youth leader of the People’s Democratic Party in Ward 3, Calabar South local government area of Cross River State, Mr. Augustine Sunday Bassey, popularly referred to as ‘Kufre’ who was arrested on July 10, 2017, for raping an 11 year old girl around the Lagos Street axis of Calabar South
By Ushang Ewa A 28 year old Bureau De Change (BDC) operator, Mallam Suleiman Zakari was on Monday electrocuted at Barracks road in Calabar, the Cross River State capital after stepping on a high tension cable while attempting to put out a fire caused by power surge reports Vanguard. Zakari who hails from Kano state
By Jonathan Ugbal Baby Nolan Kishati-Unimye Akpong has given up the ghost. He was barely 10 weeks old and died in the early hours of Sunday CrossRiverWatch learnt with his uncle, Mr. Jacob Akpong, a legal practitioner posting on his Facebook wall; “RIP Kisha.” CrossRiverWatch had reported that Little Kisha was diagnosed of a serious
By CrossRiverWatch The aftermath of the recent Ukelle crisis which left more than 100 people dead and over 14,000 displaced may be felt more in the coming months and years if drastic measures are not taken findings by CrossRiverWatch reveal. Photographs and X-Ray scans obtained by CrossRiverWatch show victims conditions seriously deteriorating with no information
By Ushang Ewa There is currently a meningitis outbreak in Calabar, the Cross River State capital with no fewer than 6 cases already treated in the past two weeks at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital. CrossRiverWatch findings reveal that the outbreak may have been suppressed by Government with the Commissioner for Health, Dr. Inyang
By Jeremiah Archibong The body of an unidentified teenage girl has been found at Henshaw Town primary school, Egerton, Calabar South. According to a resident who spoke to our reporter, Mr. Celestine Ogbedu “We found her here on Friday 14th July, 2017 morning”. Furthermore, he said that according to words going round in the neighborhood
By Archibong Jeremiah The Cross River State Government has condoled with all the families of those who lost their lives in the series of fire incidents in the State. The state Commissioner for Information, Rosemary Archibong expressed the condolences of the state government yesterday in Calabar. Over 10 persons were reportedly killed in an inferno