By Jonathan Ugbal Residents around 8 miles axis of Calabar Municipal local government area are currently at risk of an explosion and fire outbreak following the fall of a truck carrying Kerosene at the Scanobo section of the Calabar-Odukpani federal highway. The truck fell on its side on Saturday after the load it carried became
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Enrolment into the Cross River State Health Insurance Scheme is scheduled to begin by December 15, 2017 a statement from the state says. Tagged ‘AyadeCare,” the scheme named after Governor, Ben Ayade will kick off with an official launch by Mr. Ayade in Calabar read the statement jointly signed by the Commissioner
By Odey Ojeka and Obeten Godfrey The former managing Director, Crude Oil Marketing Department of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation NNPC, Prince Goddy Jedy Agba has been conferred with a chieftaincy title in Ugep, Yakurr local government area. This followed his services and assistance to the community said the Obol Lopon of Ugep, Obol Ofem
By Ushang Ewa The management of the University of Calabar has presented an award of excellence to the Senator representing Cross River Central in the 8th National Assembly, John Owan Enoh. The Varsity’s management led by the Vice Chancellor, Professor Zana Akpagu presented the award to Owan-Enoh recently when he paid a visit to the
By Ushang Ewa The new Deputy Vice Chancellors (DVC) of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) will resume on Monday sources in the Varsity say. They include Professor Lucy Udida who will serve as the new DVC Administration and Professor Uche Amalu who will serve as the new DVC Academics. The duo’s appointment was confirmed weeks
By CrossRiverWatch Admin 200,000 people are currently living with the HIV virus in Cross River state state and only 30,000 of those are receiving treatment. This disclosure was made Friday December 1, as Cross River State joined the rest of the World to mark the 2017 World AIDS day. The Commissioner for Health, Dr. Inyang
By CrossRiverWatch Admin It was simply a comedy show and not a budget proposal presentation. To see my former VC, now deputy governor of Cross River state and the state House of Assembly members sit to listen to a clown present that crap is the height of absurdity. A budget proposal is an estimate based
By Jonathan Ugbal Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade on Thursday presented a budget of NGN1.3 trillion tagged “Budget of Kinetic Crystallization.” The figure and name of the budget has sent the social media sphere agog with comments and CrossRiverWatch monitored some on Facebook and Twitter which are listed below. Legor Idagbo, a federal legislator