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 In a bid to enforce the ban on gatherings above five, the health commissioner in Cross River state, Betta Edu in a statement on Wednesday said an ad-hoc monitoring task force with membership co-opted from over three dozen organizations and bodies will be inaugurated on Thursday. “The Cross River state Ministry of
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The election of a new State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party in Cross River State has torn the party apart. Party members representing the State in the National Assembly have thrown their weight behind Venatius Ikem, while Governor Ben Ayade is said to be more favourably disposed to the choice of
By Kelvin Ololo and Marylyn Uyanah The management of Cross River University of Technology (CRUTECH) has suspended first semester academic activities owing to the coronavirus pandemic, as Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) CRUTECH Chapter proceeds on indefinite strike. However, the indefinite closure and suspension of activities in the State’s owned University was stated in
By Archibong Jeremiah “Following the recent coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic currently ravaging the world, the Cross River State House of Assembly have suspended its legislative activities indefinitely as part of preventive measures to contain the spread of the disease.” The above is an extract from a statement by the Press Secretary to Mr. Speaker, Hope Obeten.
The Cross-River State Governor, His Excellency, (Prof) Ben Ayade, has been mired in so many controversies lately, from the harassment of journalists, to the incarceration of activists, his apparent inability to tackle communal clashes and even the manipulation and intimidation of the other arms of government – the legislature and the judiciary. He had a
By Ushang Ewa The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the position of the member representing Ikom/Boki federal constituency in the 2019 general elections, Sir Victor Abang has said the ignorance will be the biggest challenge in breaking the transmission chain of the COVID-19 pandemic. Abang, in a release signed by him on
By Archibong Jeremiah The Cross River State Governor, Sen. Ben Ayade has heeded to outcry by Cross Riverains by suspending the proposed LG election. Ayade in a press release by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Christian Ita reads below: In view of the reality of the Corona virus (COVID-19) pandemic, the state governor, His Excellency,