By Patrick Obia The University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH) on Wednesday, became the first tertiary medical institution in South South Nigeria to perform an open heart surgery. The Chief Medical Director (CMD), Dr. Ikpeme Ikpeme, disclosed this in an appreciation letter to staff which said the patient was safely wheeled out of Intensive Care
By Maxwell Effiong And Emmanuel Eni Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, have been charged to embrace entrepreneurial development for easy spiritual reliance. This was the central theme of the multi-stake career fair, organised by the church in Calabar, where thousands of young men and women were urged to be self
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Uyo Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Thursday arrested thirty-three suspected internet fraudsters during a sting operation at different locations in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. 17 were arrested at a location on Post Office Street, Royal Estate, off Ikot Omin, while 10 were apprehended
By Kejuo Regina More than five years after the Cross River Government signed the Memorandum of Understanding on the Waste to Wealth initiative having been selected for the pilot scheme by the federal government and the Council of Entrepreneurs for Africa, Canada, the State has announced a collaboration with France on a similar project. The
By Archibong Jeremiah A truck loaded with goods just fell while negotiating Technical roundabout, 8 Miles, Calabar Municipality, Cross River State. No one was hurt from the accident, no law enforcement agent had arrived the scene since it happened (11am and 11:34am). Though men of the Special Forces of the Nigerian Police mounted check point
By Sylvia Felix, Theresa Augustine And Rosemary Nkereuwem The Royal African Foundation has ended a week long volunteering activities in Calabar, the Cross River State capital where it charged young minds on the need to volunteer to humanity. The week long volunteering exercise which kicked off with a visit to Offiong Ikpeme Foundation, Calabar South
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Aviation security at the Margaret Ekpo International Airport in Calabar, the Cross River capital are battling with angry passengers of Aero Contractors after their flight was cancelled at the last minute. Staff are currently locked in a safe room to ensure the visibly angry passengers do not lynch them. Sources say there
By Patrick Obia And Sylvia Felix Association of Cross River Online Journalists (ACROJ) has paid a condolence visit to the family of late veteran journalist, Oqua Itu, in Calabar. Late Oqua Itu, who was known for his charismatic abilities to mentor and inspire young journalists within and outside Cross River, passed away few weeks ago.