By Ushang Ewa The Cross River State Government says it is going to investigate the Primary Health Care staff at the Obudu Primary Health Center for allegedly detaining a mother of twins for 4 weeks due to her inability to pay bills totaling NGN85,000. The Director General of the State Primary Health Care Development Agency
By Jonathan Ugbal Patients in the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH) may be more than merely excited at the prospects of the court finding the Chief Medical Director (CMD), Dr. Thomas Agan and sentencing him to a long term in jail CrossRiverWatch findings reveal. Since a Federal High Court sitting in Calabar on Monday,
By Jonathan Ugbal The trial of dismissed police officer accused of the murder of one Derek Maurice Ben and 5 others continued recently with accused number nine (9), dismissed Police Sergeant Anthony Idoko cross examined by the prosecutor. The accused had presented two documents to show that he was on morning duty but during cross
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade paid the May salaries of civil servants in the state ahead of time yesterday. At about 5:00 PM local time on Sunday, April 30, 2017, civil servants under the State Government payroll system began receiving alerts from their financial institutions that May salaries
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Second edition of ‘The Dialogue With Agba Jalingo’ Town Hall Meeting has been slated for May 13, 2017, a statement from organizers of the program says. The special guest for the second edition is the Chairman, Governing Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba the statement signed by
By Jonathan Ugbal Players of the Manchester United football club of England in its Match day 35 English Premier League game of the 2016/2017 season with Swansea City football club wore black armbands in honor of the victims of the Calabar viewing centre tragedy. This comes on the heels of Nigeria and Arsenal football legend,
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Following the success recorded at the first town hall meeting of ‘The Dialogue With Agba Jalingo’, the team is pleased to announce that second edition will hold on Saturday, May 13, 2017. In keeping with tradition; the second edition of the town hall meeting will feature discussions pertaining critical sectors in the
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Wife of the Cross River State Governor, Dr Linda Ayade during the event to mark this year World Malaria Day at Ugep, Yakurr LGA, Cross River State promised to sponsor a bill to the Cross River State House of Assembly to ban the use of long lasting insecticide treated net for