By Our Correspondent The Cross River State Primary Health Care Development Agency bill would soon be passed by the Cross River State House of Assembly. Speaker, Cross River State House of Assembly, Hon. John Gaul Lebo hinted recently when he received a delegation of the National Association of Community Health Practitioners in his office. Lebo
By CrossRiverWatch admin The Minister of Sports and Sports Development, Solomon Dalong, on Friday June 3rd inaugurated the Main Organizing Committee, MOC of the National Sports Festival, Calabar 2016. The inauguration which held in the Abuja office of the Sports Ministry had the Cross River State Commissioner for Youths and Sports Development, Asu Okang and
By CrossRiverWatch admin Following speculations on social media that the State Government has declared curfew in Calabar South following the increasing rate of gang war, the Cross River State Government and the Police have rebuffed the rumors. Speaking to our reporter, Jude Ngaji, Cross River State Security Adviser said the Government never declared any state
By Ikwen Atuaka The Obudu local government council Monday announced a ban on night partying and clubbing in the council area as a measure to arrest the rising level of insecurity in the area. The ban, effective from June 14 through September 14, 2016 and a restriction on movement beyond 10pm was announced by the
By Jonathan Ugbal; Government House Correspondent The Cross River State Government has taken delivery of a batch of over 200 waste management equipment in its bid to improve on the efficiency of waste evacuation across the state. This comes barely a week after the governor, Senator Benedict Ayade inspected dump sites and promised that the
By Jonathan Ugbal The end is not in sight for the issues surrounding the Superhighway, one of the signature projects of the Governor Ben Ayade led administration of Cross River State as opponents have picked holes in draft Environmental Impact Assessment, EIA report. This is even as the state government has accused the opponents arguing
By CrossRiverWatch admin A mad man was spotted sweeping around a refuse dump Sunday afternoon as reported by calabarreporters.com According to the blog, the street he was seen sweeping is Edim Ekong Oqua (Etta-Agbor by Ujimco filling station). In a short video posted on the blog, the mad man could be seen sweeping round the
By CrossRiverWatch admin No fewer than 15 lives have been lost in 48 hours to the ongoing war between members of two criminal gangs, the Baggars Confraternity and Mafians, a version of the Klans confraternity in Calabar, findings by CrossRiverWatch reveal. This follows the yet to end war between the Klans confraternity and Black Axe