by crossriverwatch admin Men have been advised to keep away from their wives’ breasts while they are breast feeding children to avoid inflicting wounds on the breasts and exposing the children to infection. Professor Angela Oyo Ita, the Cross River State Commissioner for Health who gave the advice while flagging- off the 2013 Breast Feeding
by crossriverwatch admin The recent decision by the Cross River State government to enter into a debt buy-back deal to transfer its controlling interest in Tinapa Business and Leisure Resort in Calabar to the Assets Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) has generated mixed reactions. In this interview, our Correspondent asked the Secretary of the National
by crossriverwatch admin Against the unequivocal declaration by Senator Liyel Imoke, the Cross River State Governor that the position of governor be zoned to the Northern Senatorial District of the State in 2015, his deputy, Efiok Cobham has drawn the battle line to challenge his boss on that declaration. Cobham who was handpicked from relative
by crossriverwatch admin The Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT, Cross River State Chapter on Monday suspended its strike action over the non-implementation of the 27.5 per cent Teachers Specific Allowance by the government. A statement signed by the union’s chairman, Comrade Eyo Nsa Itam and its secretary, Comrade Livinus Omini said following the resumption of
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by crossriverwatch admin In an unprecedented development, the Local Government Elections Petition Tribunal constituted by the Chief Judge of Cross River State to hear and determine petitions arising out of the conduct of Local Government Elections in the State winds up without hearing any petition. Indeed as at 14th October 2013 which was the last
by crossriverwatch admin Militants in two speed boats this morning (Monday) stormed Esuk Atu, a fishing community in Calabar and caused mayhem by killing a fisherman and burning the operations vehicle of the Civil Defense Corps. The militants who stormed the place at about 8am in two speed boats shot sporadically at everyone on sight
by crossriverwatch admin Hundreds of heavily armed police drafted from formations around Calabar, the Cross River State capital on Monday barricaded the main gate and other entrances to the University of Calabar to stop members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU from carrying out a planned city walk. The police, led by an