By CrossRiverWatch Admin No fewer than 49 persons have lost their lives from road accidents in Cross River between January 2016 to date, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has said. Mr Ikechukwu Igwe, Sector Commander of FRSC in Cross River, disclosed this in Calabar at the end of the 2016 remembrance week for road
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Brotherhood of the Cross and Star (BCS) says more than 500,000 worshipers are expected at the birthday celebration of its founder, Olumba Olumba Obu, underway in Calabar. Archbishop Princely Ibeabuchi, spokesman of the organization, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Calabar on Thursday. Ibeabuchi
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Gunmen who kidnapped a Director in the Cross River State Ministry of Health, Mrs. Bibiana Elemi-Edu, last Friday along Target Street in Calabar have demanded N100m ransom to free her. Elemi-Edu, who is the President of Catholic Women Organization of St. Bernard’s Catholic Church in Calabar, was kidnapped at about 7pm last
The statistics concerning the number of deaths associated with Pneumonia is troubling and with the ignorance of the people concerning health care at an alarming rate, there is need for drastic action to be taken. In 2015 alone, an estimated 510,000 Nigerians died from Pneumonia. Of this number, over 100,000 were children under 5.
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Federal Government has fingered Barrister Joe Agi (SAN) as one of the beneficiaries of the alleged Justice Adeniyi Ademola cash-for-justice case claiming he bribed the embattled Justice to the tune of at least 160 million Naira. This information was contained in a court document with 15 charges prepared by the office
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade and the speaker of the house of assembly, Honorable John Lebo are currently in Marrakech, Morocco for the United Nation’s climate change conference. Ayade and Lebo departed Calabar for Abuja Saturday evening and sources say the duo are already in Marrakech for the
By Jonathan Ugbal The battle against Pneumonia can be won if preventive and treatment measures are taught to the younger generation in time and the people educated says Cross River Information Commissioner, Rosemary Archibong. “I worked in the hospital for many years and I saw the plight of people, which is primarily ignorance” Archibong said
By Jonathan Ugbal The member representing Obudu/Obanliku/Bekwarra federal constituency in the National Assembly, Hon. Legor Idagbo has called on the federal government to assist the Cross River State government in the rehabilitation of the Calabar – Ikom highway. Legor who says the cost of the road is too much for the state government to handle