By CrossRiverWatch Admin Wife of the Cross River State Governor, Dr Linda Ayade has condemned in strong terms the death of two mothers during child delivery at the home of an unskilled birth attendant in Ikom. The Cross River First Lady lamented that despite government effort to disuade them, expectant mothers are still brainwashed to
By Imani Odey At least 10 persons have now been confirmed killed in a blaze that gutted a tank farm at the Calabar Free Zone Enterprise at Esuk Utan Community in Cross River State with others sustaining various degrees of burns. The fire which affected a tank farm, part of the Nigeria Ports Authority and the
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Ms. Odiong Matilda Donatus, student of the University of Calabar, English and Literary Studies department is currently battling with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD). Odiong age 21 in July 2016 was diagnosed with the Chronic Kidney Disease needs fifteen (15) million naira for a kidney transplant. She has been bed ridden since after
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The victims of the April 20, 2017 Calabar viewing center tragedy which saw 8 lives lost and several others receive various degrees of injuries are yet to receive full compensation despite much publicized help given by concerned personalities and corporate bodies. This is even as the death toll has risen to 9
By Ogar Monday CALABAR: Partners and Stakeholders in the population and reproductive health, both in government and non-governmental organizations in Cross River State have called for concerted efforts towards increasing access to family health care services in the state. This was made known in a joint press conference in Calabar, the Cross River State Capital.
By Jonathan Ugbal Two women have died after delivering in the home of a self-styled prophet in Ikom local government area of Cross River State. The women; Violet Mbala Ekor and Helen Isieg died within 24 hours of each other when after completing ante-natal care in the Primary Health facilities in Nkarasi, Aabanyom ward of
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The University of Calabar yesterday entered into a research and development collaboration with Calapharm Nigeria Ltd, a wholy owned Cross River State Pharmaceutical Company situated along the Goodluck Jonathan Bye-pass, Calabar. Explaining the terms of the collaboration during a visit to the Vice-Chancellor, Mr. Farhan Ahmad Khan, a Pakistani Consultant/Manager of the
By Ushang Ewa A man simply identified as Joe electrician, on Thursday evening last week defiled a 14 year old (names withheld) residing along Ukwel-Obudu road in Obudu local government area located above 300 kilometers north of the southern port city of Calabar, the Cross River State capital. The girl CrossRiverWatch gathered is the granddaughter