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Cross River Lawmakers In A Limbo As NASS Removes 60Billion Lagos Calabar Railway From 2016 Budget

By Our Correspondent The last may not have been heard about the brouhaha hovering over the 2016 Appropriation Bill which reports say the President has refused to sign until details are properly sorted out. The latest are reports of the removal of some of the President’s most critical infrastructure focus components of the budget by

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World Health Day: Cross River Joins World March To Halt Diabetes

By Our Correspondent Cross Riverians, Thursday, in Calabar joined millions of people around the globe to celebrate the 2016 World Health Day with a focus to stop the rise in diabetes globally. The State Health Ministry in conjunction with the World Health Organisation (WHO) and United Nations field offices in the state organized a rally

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American Based Cross Riverian To Train And Empower 20 Girls In Ogoja On Make Up Artistry

By our reporter The Lily Williams foundation says it is set to train 20 girls in Ogoja on the art of make up as well as empower them with start up kits at the end of the capacity building. The founder, Lily Okem Williams who is based in the United States of America disclosed this

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Waste-To-Wealth Initiative; Cross River Is Anxious – Eraye Tells FG

By Jonathan Ugbal Cross River Commissioner for Environment, Engineer Mike Eraye says the state is fascinated about the Waste-To-Wealth (WtW) initiative having been selected for the pilot scheme of the project. “We are anxious to execute the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), perfect it and are also determined to regain our status (as number one tourist

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Scarcity: Fuel Sells For N400 Per Litre In Cross River 24 Hours After FG’s Deadline

By Jeremiah Archibong, Jonathan Ugbal, Frank Edima and Ikwen Atuaka Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) also known as petrol is now selling for almost N400 per litre in Calabar the Cross River State capital barely 24 hours after the timeline earlier given by the Minister of state for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu to end the lingering

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20 Pupils To Benefit From Maiden Major SSA Agba’s Foundation Scholarship Scheme

By Jonathan Ugbal Twenty pupils of Sacred Heart Primary School, Bedia in Obudu local government area of Cross River State are to benefit from the maiden edition of the Major Simon Stephen Adugba Agba’s Foundation scholarship scheme. “This gesture is in line with the foundation’s vision to see every child educated as every child has

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Incredible: 4,000 Ghost Workers On Primary Health Care Payroll In Cross River – Investigation

By Jonathan Ugbal Investigations by CrossRiverWatch have revealed that there are about 4000 ghost workers in the Primary Health Care (PHC) Departments across the 18 local government areas of Cross River State on payroll. This is even as the 18 PHCs across the state are suffering from acute staff shortage with official records showing that

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Thai Investors Commence Construction Of Calabar Rice City

By Our Correspondent The Memorandum of Understanding between Cross River government and Thai- African Corporation Limited is now in full implementation phase, as investors from the company have arrived Calabar for the construction of the Rice City. Speaking to newsmen at the construction site along Goodluck Jonathan Bypass, the Business Development Director of the company,

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