By Elijah Ugani: Health Correspondent There is a smart plan being put in place to ensure zero rates are recorded in mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of HIV/AIDS as well as those of hepatitis B says the Cross River State government in different fora over the week. The health commissioner, Inyang Asibong and the director general of
By Elijah Ugani: Health Correspondent The extensive disparity in the access to healthcare in Cross River State is due to the lopsided distribution of health personnel to the detriment of rural areas says the state council chairman of the Nigeria Medical Association Offiong Ikpeme during the council’s annual general meeting/scientific conference held Wednesday in Calabar.
By CrossRiverWatch Admin About seven aides and one cabinet member in Cross River governor, Ben Ayade’s administration have met with bigwigs of the All Progressives Congress (APC) with a defection plan in place findings by CrossRiverWatch can reveal. The appointees, CrossRiverWatch gathered from impeccable sources are tired of the administrative style of the governor and
By Jonathan Ugbal The Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Prosecution, Okoi Obono-Obla has accused the Special Adviser to former President Olusegun Obasanjo on national assembly matters, Ita Giwa of hypocrisy for alleging President Buhari has neglected the displaced people of Bakassi. Obla who took to Facebook Wednesday to express angst at the statement
By Ogar Monday Following criticisms trailing the recurrent absence of Cross River governor, Ben Ayade, the speaker of the Cross River State House of Assembly John Gaul Lebo revealed recently that his office has no powers in the law to stop the Governor from travelling even beyond the constitutionally allowed 90 days. Lebo made the
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Following the destruction of properties worth over 800 million Naira last week in some communities in Busi, Obanliku local government area the Cross River State Emergency Management Agency (CR SEMA) says it has begun processes to aid the IDPs. John Enaku, the director general of the agency told CrossRiverWatch in a
By Jonathan Ugbal Following reports that the proposed Kano film village to be named after President Muhammadu Buhari was stopped by the president to please hardline Muslims, Callywood’s director Egor Efiok has suggested the project be sited in Cross River State. Egor, in a short and dramatic message to CrossRiverWatch urged those criticizing the president
By Ogar Monday; House of Assembly Correspondent The Cross River State Government has revealed that plans are in top gear to actualize the 500,000 metric tons per annum for cocoa production rates. The chairman of the house assembly committee on Public accounts and member representing Obudu, Stephen Ukpukpen made this known recently when the committee