by crossriverwatch admin Governor Liyel Imoke of Cross River State has flagged off the construction of a 105-bed Calabar Specialist Hospital which is billed for commissioning in March 2015. Located within Summit Hills, Imoke disclosed it is the realization of the state’s dream to provide first-class, world standard health care to Cross Riverians right across
by crossriverwatch admin Cross River State Rural Water Sanitation Agency has projected that rural communities in the state will require additional N7 billion for water supply and sanitation in order to meet the 2015 deadline on Millennium Development Goals. General Manager of the agency, Mr. Patrick Emori said in Calabar during the presentation of two
by crossriverwatch admin Col. Tony Nyiam Rtd, a member of the Presidential Advisory Committee who was widely reported to have resigned from the committee after his outburst with the Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, at the Benin City interactive parley of the committee has denied the reports saying he is still a member of
by crossriverwatch admin Owing to intractable traffic congestion experienced around the popular Calabar Watt Market in the Cross River State capital, the Imoke administration during the first term in office, in a bid to ease the situation and reduce the spate of fatal accidents at the spot that has taken the lives of several pedestrians
by crossriverwatch admin As part of their contribution and efforts to position the state film industry beyond its usual physical structural representation, practitioners of the film industry based in Cross River State have taken the bull by the horns to unveil the strongest brand of a state film agency in Africa. The agency, named Cross
by crossriverwatch admin A child right protection group, Basic Rights Counsel in Calabar has challenged the Cross River State House of Assembly to Review the activities of the state ministry of social welfare and community development under the tenure of Barrister Patricia Endeley, the incumbent commissioner. The group accused the commissioner of insensitivity and dereliction
by crossriverwatch admin A fatal road accident around 5pm this evening along Ikom/Calabar High Way at Adim in Biase LGA of Cross River State has claimed eight (8) lives on the spot while three (3) survivors have been rushed to a hospital at Ugep by policemen from the Biase Divisional Headquarters. Eye-witnesses told CrossRiverWatch that
by crossriverwatch admin Governor Liyel Imoke of Cross State has issued an executive order banning the use of motorcycles in Calabar, the state capital and its environs. In a statement by the state’s Security Adviser, Mr. Rekpene Bassey, the governor said any violation of the order would attract severe penalty. It read: “Governor Imoke has