By Jonathan Ugbal The Cross River State government has said residents will from Friday, April 3, 2020 need a face mask to leave their homes. This, according to a statement signed by the spokesman of Governor Ben Ayade, Mr. Christian Ita is in light of the “proliferation of new cases of coronavirus in neighboring states.”
By Jonathan Ugbal Residents of Ugep community in Yakurr local government area of central Cross River are currently gripped with fear after a female youth corper who recently returned from Abuja is said to have been rushed to Calabar, the state capital to be tested for COVID-19. The youth corper, a native of Ugep is
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By Jonathan Ugbal Veteran filmmaker, Fidelis Duker has called on his colleagues who attended the seventh edition of the African Magic Viewers Choice Awards (AMVCA) to be socially responsible and step forward if they have noticed any symptom of COVID-19. The Lagos State Ministry of Health had on Tuesday announced that attendees at the event
By Jonathan Ugbal CrossRiverWatch has obtained the list of items donated by the Cross River State government to the isolation center at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital in Calabar. The state had on March 13, issued a statement that it has donated items to the isolation center. A cursory look at the report of
Political leaders in Nigeria from time immemorial especially in the fourth republic, developed a penchant for misfiring on issues that affect all Nigerians. From power to education, infrastructure, health and the topical COVID-19 pandemic of which as at the time of putting pen to paper, the country has recorded 46 cases with more suspected. It
By Archibong Jeremiah The Cross River State Government has finally produced pictures (interior and exterior) of it’s isolation center in the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH). The pictures were published after a COVID 19 preparedness drill supervised by the State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Betta Edu. Pictures by Matthew Okache, aid to Governor Ayade
By CrossRiverWatch Admin In a bid to enforce the ban on gatherings above five, the health commissioner in Cross River state, Betta Edu in a statement on Wednesday said an ad-hoc monitoring task force with membership co-opted from over three dozen organizations and bodies will be inaugurated on Thursday. “The Cross River state Ministry of