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COVID-19: Be Responsible And Call NCDC – Filmmaker, Fidelis Duker To AMVCA Guests

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

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COVID-19: Controversy Surrounds Items Donated By Cross River Government For Isolation Center (SEE LIST)

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

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Alas, We Ran From Golden Palaces To Hospitals We Did Not Build BY JONATHAN ABANG-UGBAL

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

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Pictures Finally Emerges Of Cross River Isolation Center In UCTH

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

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COVID-19: Cross River State Sets Up Monitoring Taskforce

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

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ICYMI: Ignorance Biggest Challenge To Curbing COVID-19 Pandemic – Victor Abang

By Ushang Ewa The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the position of the member representing Ikom/Boki federal constituency in the 2019 general elections, Sir Victor Abang has said the ignorance will be the biggest challenge in breaking the transmission chain of the COVID-19 pandemic. Abang, in a release signed by him on

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#CoronaVirus: Cross River Activates Measures As Nigeria Records First Case.

By Jonathan Ugbal The Cross River state government says it has activated measures to checkmate the spread of the COVID-19 virus to the state after the first case of it was announced by Nigeria’s health minister, Osagie Ehanire. The health commissioner, Betta Edu told this reporter in a telephone conversation that over 5,500 medical kits

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