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Emmanuel Ogar Emerges UNICAL Medical Students Union President

By Elijah Ugani The Calabar University Medical Students Association (CUMSA) has conducted election to fill the position of President of the association after elections into other positions had been earlier conducted. At the end of voting Comrade Emmanuel Ogar emerged President in a land slide victory having garnered a total of 205 votes to defeat

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Why Cross River Should Be Earning Much More Income From Tourism Than We Ever Did BY PAMELA BRAIDE

I have been looking at Bauchi State and I am amazed. I had really hoped that with the economy reducing foreign travel (it is EXPENSIVE), Cross River State would reap the money for holidays, honeymoons, conferences and other events that may have been done outside the country. Other States are positioning for the market share

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Cross River Surveyor General Staff Allegedly Faking Signatures, Professional Seals, Others

By Archibong Jeremiah Information reaching CrossRiverWatch has it that some staff in the office of the Cross River State Surveyor General, Surveyor Eyo Oku, are in the business of faking signatures and professional seals, issuance of fake survey plans, certificates of lodgements and charting. The reliable source within the Surveyor General’s office who doesn’t want

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Tussle Over Muri Munene Stool Moves To Supreme Court

By Emma Unah Tussle for the Muri Munene stool, the Paramount Ruler of the Efuts in Calabar, Cross River State has moved to the Supreme Court after one of the claimants to the throne, Muri Effiong Mbukpa, expressed dissatisfaction with the ruling of the Appeal Court sitting in Calabar on the protracted contest for the

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Primary Health Center Bedia Re-Commissioned As Mediatrix Foundation Donates 400 Delivery Kits

By Jonathan Ugbal and Elijah Ugani The Primary Health Center in Bedia village of Obudu local government area was re-commissioned on Saturday by the state government following its renovation by the Cross River State Primary Health Care Development Agency (CRSPHCDA). The facility, constructed in the mid 90’s by the Bedia community became moribund following years

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Calm Returns To Calabar As Police Parade 46 Suspected kidnappers, Cultists, Robbers

By CrossRiverWatch admin Relative calm has returned to the Cross River state capital, Calabar after a week of gang violence and a harvest of deaths that saw over 20 killed within the period. This is coming as the Police headquarters in Calabar, yesterday, paraded 46 persons over cult, kidnapping, murder and armed robbery related. The

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NGO Undertakes Building Of Skills Acquisition Center And Orphanage For Street Children In Calabar

By CrossRiverWatch admin Eshua Joseph, Executive Director Passion Universal, a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) which focuses on street children in Cross River State has said his organization has undertaken a project to build a skills acquisition center and orphanage home for abandoned street children. Mr. Eshua however revealed that work is currently ongoing at the site

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Ayade Employs 18 Doctors To Boast Primary Health Care Delivery Across The State

By CrossRiverWatch admin The Cross River State governor has employed 18 medical doctors that will man the 18 local governments of the state, to improve on the quality of primary health care delivery across the state. The State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Inyang Asibong, while reacting to the development said, “Primary health care is the

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