By Archibong Jeremiah First suspected case of COVID-19 has been recorded in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. Samples have been collected and sent for testing. The patient is currently at the isolation center UCTH. Watch video of the patient being admitted at the isolation center below.
By CrossRiverWatch Admin In its determined effort to fight energy theft to a stand- still in the network, the Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Plc has accosted seven suspected energy thieves who are in the habit of extending the network illegally. The Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) were alerted by the officials of PHED
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
By Archibong Jeremiah The Cross River State Government has finally produced pictures (interior and exterior) of it’s isolation center in the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH). The pictures were published after a COVID 19 preparedness drill supervised by the State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Betta Edu. Pictures by Matthew Okache, aid to Governor Ayade
By CrossRiverWatch Admin A groom to be in Cross River State, Mr. Peter Ogar has said he was manhandled by officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) after a disagreement on the safest way to handle vehicle papers to ensure everyone was safe from getting infected by the novel coronavirus. The incident occurred at
By CrossRiverWatch Admin A jambite identified as Miss Aker Nguyilan has died on her way to write JAMB on Wednesday in a centre within Ikot Ekpene in Akwa Ibom State. According to report by Yaba Left, she was involve in a bike (motorcycle) accident that claimed her life. Miss Nguyilan Aker (from Benue State) until her death
By Godwin Otang The State Chairman of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) in Cross River, Dr. Agam Ayuk has lamented the increasing cases of kidnapping in the State, arguing that Government at State and Federal level is not serious with the security of lives and properties of its citizens. Agam who was a guest on
In November 2019, while I was still incarcerated, we heard in our transistor radios how the “Ak 47 Economy” aka kidnapping was flourishing in Calabar. The news was awash with cases of rampant kidnapping in a town where such occurrences were hitherto unheard of. We heard that over six members of staff of the University