By Agency Report The Cross River Health Insurance Agency said it plans to use drones to deliver health materials to rural areas. The agency’s Director-General, Godwin Iyala, who disclosed this on Monday in Calabar, said the scheme would kick off on March 9. “Governor Ben Ayade has also approved March 9 as the flag-off date
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Mr. Frank Ayade, younger brother to Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State has reappeared in Calabar after a CrossRiverWatch report about his illness. Earlier reports and social circles in Calabar had suggested that Frank Ayade had died. But insiders close to the first family of the State debunked the rumors of
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