By Efa Sunday; Live From Abuja The Cross River contingent in the ongoing National Sport Festival (NSF) Abuja have bagged 5 Gold, 11 Silver and 5 Bronze to make a total of twenty-one (21) medal placing them at 19th position in the NSF ranking. The team members who participated in only eight sports out a
By Archibong Jeremiah An FCT High Court which sat in Abuja has declared a former Minister of Information, Professor Jerry Gana, as the winner of the Presidential primary of the Social Democratic Party (SDP). Justice Hussein Baba-Yusuf made the declaration on Friday in his ruling and nullified the candidacy of former Cross River State Governor,
Efa Sunday The Cross River contingents participating in the 19th edition of the National Sports Festival, currently ongoing in National Stadium, Abuja, have clinched sixteen medals so far. The festival which started on 7th of December, 2018, had Team Cross River registered for nine sports, out of a total of thirty-nine. The category of sports
By Ushang Ewa A former local government chairman of Calabar Municipal and Special Adviser to Governor Ben Ayade on Biodiversity, Mr. Edet Okon Asim, is currently in police custody for continuously defiling an underaged girl (names withheld) for a period spanning about three years. The girl is said to have been coerced into aborting two
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The General Overseer of the Bible Christian Crusade Mission (BCCM), Pastor Joseph Okoro was on Wednesday kidnapped by unknown gunmen church members say. Okoro is said to have been kidnapped at about 9:00PM after an evening fellowship in his church located at 55 Webber Street by Elijah Henshaw in Calabar South, with
By David Nsa Principals and Head Teachers of schools in Cross River State have been urged not to stop Health Workers from carrying out HIV/AIDS counseling and testing in their school. The call was made by the President Association of Resident Doctors, University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (ARD-UCTH) chapter Dr. Antigha Cobham on air recently
By Margaret John: House of Assembly Correspondent The House of Representatives has slated the public hearing for the bill for an act to establish the federal university of technology, Ogoja for December 10, 2018. The bill was sponsored by Rep. Jarigbe Agom (PDP, Ogoja/Yala federal constituency) who is the deputy chairman of the committee on
By Jonathan Ugbal The Cross River State Government says it has activated the disease surveillance and tracking system to prevent the migration of yellow fever following its outbreak in Edo State. The National Center for Disease Control had last week confirmed nine cases of yellow fever after two decades. And, the Cross River State ministry