By CrossRiverWatch admin In a bid to drastically reduce infant and maternal mortality rate in the state, Cross River Government has set December 2016 date to attain Universal Health Coverage for its citizens. To this end, the state, in collaboration with some donor agencies and in line with the Federal Government’s policy of establishing a
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The bill seeking to establish the Cross River State Primary Health Care Development Agency Tuesday, passed for the third reading during the plenary of the Cross River State House of Assembly CrossRiverWatch can authoritatively report. The bill, sponsored by Hon. Ekpo Ekpo Bassey and co-sponsored by six other members of the house
By Ikwen Atuaka OBUDU: A mother picked her one year and five months baby she had abandoned 24 hours earlier at the Assemblies of God church premises along Ranch road, Obudu in her bid to direct the clergyman’s attention to the plight of her family. The woman, who simply gave her name as Monica, CrossRiverWatch
By Our Correspondent Barely two months after Cross River Works Commissioner, Dane Asu told CrossRiverWatch that the state has spent some N20billion to fix federal roads, the figure has risen to N25billion. Asu disclosed this Monday, during ‘Ayade’s Cross River’, a live program on the state owned broadcasting outfit CRBC TV anchored by a
“Throughout the centuries there were men who took first steps down new roads armed with nothing but their own vision. Their goals differed, but they all had this in common: That the step was first, the road new, the vision un-borrowed, and the response they received – hatred.” – Ayn Rand. The Association of Cross
By Jonathan Ugbal A new radio station, FAD FM will soon begin test transmission in Cross River capital city of Calabar, findings by CrossRiverWatch have revealed. FAD FM, a brainchild of Cross River Born film maker and founder, Abuja International Film Festival, Fidelis Duker is set to begin test transmission by the last week
By CrossRiverWatch Admin CrossRiverWatch has obtained pictures of the trail of destruction following the communal war between Estong and Befre in Busi village of Obanliku local government area of Cross River State. As earlier reported by CrossRiverWatch, the State Emergency Management Agency and the zonal office of the National Emergency Management Agency have visited
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Cross River State has been deemed fit to visit for citizens of the United States, a statement from the country’s State Department says. The statement issued Wednesday last week and published on the Department of State’s travel website at https://www.travel.state.gov advised United States citizens in Nigeria and those intending to visit