By Patrick Obia and Kelvin Ololo Barring any change, students of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) will continue academic activities tomorrow, February 1, 2021 for the 2019/2020 academic session after a hiatus of nearly one year. The break was due to an industrial action by academic staff and the COVID-19 pandemic. And, as public Universities
By Cletus Ukpong, Premium Times Cross River State on Sunday recorded 20 cases of COVID-19 infection, the highest so far in the State. Prior to this, the State has remained at the bottom of the table since the outbreak of the Coronavirus in Nigeria. The total number of confirmed cases in the State is now 189 as
By News Agency of Nigeria The Cross River State Ministry of Health has donated COVID-19 items to the University of Calabar COVID-19 Task Force to assist the university in the prevention and management of the pandemic on campus. This is ahead of resumption, Friday, 5 February 2021, for academic activities. The State Commissioner for Health,
By Archibong Jeremiah The staff of College of Health Technology, Calabar, Cross River State has joined the league of Civil Servants employed in 2017 and 2018, delisted from Government payroll to demand for their wages. Before Monday, 30 November, 2020 that the staff of College of Health Technology Calabar embarked on strike to press home their
By Patrick Obia It was scene of emotion as Rural Sanitation and Hygiene Promotion in Nigeria (RUSHPIN), came to a close in Cross River State. The review and close-out meeting held in Calabar, the Cross River State capital, the Program Manager of the implementing organisation, United Purpose, Mr. Nanpet Chuktu disclosed that, the transition is
By Jonathan Ugbal While owners of public and private facilities as well as individuals count the losses suffered after hoodlums invaded different properties in Calabar between Friday and Saturday, CrossRiverWatch visited the Federal Neuro-Psychiatric hospital which was one of the worst affected. More than 96 percent of medical and non-medical items were carted away from
By Patrick Obia As every September is mapped out for sickle cell awareness month, sickle cell advocate, Miss Offiong Ononokpono has advised that intending couples should endeavor to know their genotypes before marriage to avoid disaster of compatibility. Miss Offiong, who has being on the streets of Calabar campaigning against sickle cell in the State,
By Patrick Obia Rural Sanitation and Hygiene Promotion in Nigeria (RUSHPIN) has inaugurated a 22 member technical working group on Menstrual Hygiene and Health (MHH) program in Calabar, Cross River State capital. The group is to serve as a cross-sectoral and inter- ministerial coordinating body for MHH in Cross River State. The group whose members