While the COVID-19 pandemic has reminded all of us that handwashing with soap is the cornerstone of infection control, rural villagers in Nigeria remain out of reach of proper hand hygiene facilities. In commemoration of this year’s Global Handwashing Day on 15 October, Olajide Adelana, Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC) correspondent for Nigeria
By Edem Edem, Daily Post Cross River State Police Command has rescued three pregnant women and two babies from an alleged baby factory in the State. The State Commissioner of Police, CP Abdulkadir Jimoh disclosed this in Calabar on Wednesday. He said a team of Policemen in the State led by him rescued the victims
By Edem Edem, Daily Post The wife of the Sun Correspondent in Cross River State, Mrs. Uduak Judex Okoro has been kidnapped. Mrs. Okoro was kidnapped on Tuesday by 8:30pm around Big Qua town in Calabar Municipal Local Government Area of the State. The husband, Mr. Judex Okoro who is the Chairman of the Correspondent’s
By Jonathan Ugbal and Patrick Obia The #EndPoliceBrutality campaign has entered day 3 in Calabar the Cross River State capital. See picture of the ongoing protest.
By Jonathan Ugbal and Patrick Obia
By Maxwell Effiong The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Cross River State Council has berated the State Government. The union said the Cross River State Government doesn’t have the welfare of its citizens and residents at heart. Arising from an emergency State Executive Council meeting, the NLC Cross River Chairman, Comrade Ben Ukpepi said: “the Cross
By Oluwatosin Omojuyigbe, The Punch Newspaper Nigerians have come to the rescue of a nursing mother, Blessing Bassey, and her baby, who for seven months had been sleeping on the floor of one of the wards of Mojol Hospital, Church Street, in the Shasha area of Lagos State. Punch Newspaper had reported that the 27-year-old
By WASH Media Network Cross River State Road Map for Elimination of Open Defection (OD) by 2025. The draft was made public at a meeting of inter-ministerial steering committee in Calabar, chaired by the Deputy Governor of the State, Prof. Ivara Esu and co-chaired by the Commissioner for Water Resources, Chief Godwin Ettah. The Committee