By CrossRiverWatch Admin A windstorm on Friday destroyed over 50 homes in Mbube, Ogoja local government area of northern Cross River State leaving an estimated 1,800 people homeless. Five (5) communities; Oboso, Nkim, Ojerim and Ogberia-Ochoro were affected with the windstorm accompanied by heavy downpour pulling off rooftops and bringing down walls of buildings in
By CrossRiverWatch The Cross River State Government last week took delivery of medical equipment worth over 30 million Naira from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) under its Project Commission on Urgent Relief and Equipment (PROJECT C.U.R.E) program. The state becomes the first in Nigeria to receive such aid aimed at improving access
By Ushang Ewa The Cross River State Government says it is going to investigate the Primary Health Care staff at the Obudu Primary Health Center for allegedly detaining a mother of twins for 4 weeks due to her inability to pay bills totaling NGN85,000. The Director General of the State Primary Health Care Development Agency
By Jonathan Ugbal Patients in the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH) may be more than merely excited at the prospects of the court finding the Chief Medical Director (CMD), Dr. Thomas Agan and sentencing him to a long term in jail CrossRiverWatch findings reveal. Since a Federal High Court sitting in Calabar on Monday,
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Former governor of Cross River state, Chief Clement Ebri has described late Senator Isiaka Adeleke who died recently in Oshogbo the Osun state capital as a political bulldozer and an astute administrator who gave his all for his people despite the resistance. Ebri said Adeleke who became first civilian governor of Osun
By Jonathan Ugbal; Government House Correspondent Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has announced that the state will budget 5 million dollars annually to combat Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) and ensure that they are completely eliminated by 2020. Ayade who said the state is also going to allocate 15% of its budget to the health
By Jonathan Ugbal The fight against deforestation took a new turn recently as a non-governmental organization, Justice Development and Peace (JDP) Caritas distributed a total of 31,350 energy saving stoves to 19 communities in Cross River State. “The objective of the project is for the conservation of the area, as many people use firewood to
By Jonathan Ugbal; Government House Correspondent Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade will, barring any last minute change, jet out of Nigeria to Geneva, Switzerland within 48 hours as he is scheduled to address a summit on Neglected Tropical Diseases. The summit organized and hosted by the Uniting to Combat NTDs, the World Health Organization