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COVID 19: Cross River NMA Donates 1,200 Bottles Of 100mls Alcohol Based Hand Sanitizer To Hospitals

By George Odok As part of it’s Corporate Social Responsibility, the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) in Cross River State has donated hand sanitizers to private, public (Government), cottage and missions hospitals across the State to mitigate the spread of the COVID 19 pandemic. Chairman of NMA in the State, Dr. Agam Ayuk in company of

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SPORTS: Starved Pelicans Squawk Over Neglect

By CrossRiverWatch Admin Players (names withheld to prevent punitive measures being meted on them) of the Pelican Stars football club of Calabar have starved for eight months following non payment of allowances. They disclosed this in different interviews with newsmen. Pelican Stars is one of the two female football teams owned by the Cross River

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COVID-19: Be Responsible And Call NCDC – Filmmaker, Fidelis Duker To AMVCA Guests

By Jonathan Ugbal Veteran filmmaker, Fidelis Duker has called on his colleagues who attended the seventh edition of the African Magic Viewers Choice Awards (AMVCA) to be socially responsible and step forward if they have noticed any symptom of COVID-19. The Lagos State Ministry of Health had on Tuesday announced that attendees at the event

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COVID-19: Contractor Threatens To Shut Down Cross River Isolation Centre Over N68m Debt

By CrossRiverWatch Admin Mr. Obi James Achara, the managing director of Obi Achara limited, the firm, contracted to construct the isolation center for the COVID-19 pandemic in Calabar, the Cross River State capital is threatening to shut down the facility following the non-payment of a NGN68 million debt. The Sun Newspapers reports that work at

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COVID-19: Controversy Surrounds Items Donated By Cross River Government For Isolation Center (SEE LIST)

By Jonathan Ugbal CrossRiverWatch has obtained the list of items donated by the Cross River State government to the isolation center at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital in Calabar. The state had on March 13, issued a statement that it has donated items to the isolation center. A cursory look at the report of

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Alas, We Ran From Golden Palaces To Hospitals We Did Not Build BY JONATHAN ABANG-UGBAL

Political leaders in Nigeria from time immemorial especially in the fourth republic, developed a penchant for misfiring on issues that affect all Nigerians. From power to education, infrastructure, health and the topical COVID-19 pandemic of which as at the time of putting pen to paper, the country has recorded 46 cases with more suspected. It

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COVID-19: ACROJ Shuts Secretariat In Calabar, IPC Seeks Protection Of Journalists

By Jonathan Ugbal The Association of Cross River Online Journalists, ACROJ has shut down it secretariat in view of the rising cases of the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria, a statement signed by its Chairman, Edem Darlington and Secretary, Jeremiah Archibong issued on Wednesday read. This comes on the heels of a call by the Executive

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