By Mary Bassey Listen To The Report Mr. Christian Chinedu Andrew has narrated how he was abducted and duped by someone he tried to help, detained, and extorted by the Police. He narrated his ordeal through a post on his Facebook wall. According to him, “I wouldn’t have been alive today if not for God,
By Ilam Patricia 2019 World HIV/AIDS Day celebration in Calabar, the Cross River State capital in pictures. It’s celebrated every every December 1. Below are pictures from the event marking the day by the Cross River State Government.
By Emmanuel Unah Senator Ben Ayade, the Cross River State governor has said that he married his wife as a virgin which is the pride of Africans who value the virtues of virginity and chastity. Senator Ayade who made the disclosure in Calabar (today) Thursday while delivering a lecture on the HIV/AIDS scourge to mark
By Archibong Jeremiah The Director General of National Agency for the Control of AIDS, NACA Professor John Idoko has revealed that though officially, the agency is still holding on to the 4.1% prevalent rate as at 2010, the M and A (Management and Administration) is working hard to conclude a research and publish a report
By Our Correspondent In its renewed effort to totally eradicate the Human Immune Virus (HIV), particularly mother to child transmission (MTCT), Country Director of United Nations, Mr. Bilali Camara has set 2020 deadline to end the transmission of the virus in Cross River and Nigeria at large. Camara who dropped the hint yesterday during a
By Archibong Jeremiah “Human Immune Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, HIV/AIDS is no more a deadly disease but still a chronic pandemic that can be managed”. This assertion was made by the Cross River State Governor, Senator Liyel Imoke while speaking at the world HIV/AIDS day marked today 1st of December 2014 in Calabar with the
By Cynthia Michael The National Agency for the Control of AIDS, NACA has identified Cross River and 11 other states as well as the Federal Capital Territory as HIV endemic states in the country. Director-General of NACA, Prof. John Idoko, said this in Ikom, Cross River, at the opening of a four-day free HIV and
by crossriverwatch admin Cross River State Commissioner for Information, Chief Akin Ricketts has called on stakeholders in the HIV/AIDS response and Awareness to work with media professionals in the area of programming for media usage. Chief Ricketts gave the advice during an interview with the joint team from Family Health Information FHI 360 led by