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
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