By Archibong Jeremiah Basic Rights Council Initiative has criticized the Cross River State Government for rounding up street kids in Calabar. The Childs’ right group made their position known in a press statement made available to CrossRiverWatch recently in Calabar. The statement reads in part “It cannot be gainsaid that this combatant raiding of street
By Ogar Monday The Director General, Cross River State Primary Health Care Development Agency (CRSPHCDA), Dr. Betta Edu has promised the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp 2, Bakassi that her Agency with support from the State Government will establish a health post in the camp so as to bring basic medical care closer to them.
By Ogar Monday Member representing Ikom/Boki at the House of Representative, Hon. Christopher Agibe has urged the Federal Government to rethink its’ malaria eradication program, by shunning the propaganda of the USA on the use of Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) to stop malaria. Hon. Agibe who spoke to journalists in an event organized to commiserate the World
By CrossRiverWatch admin President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed yet another Cross Riverian, Barrister Okoi Obono Obla as his Special Assistant on Prosecution. In a letter signed by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Engineer Babachir David Lawal, and also sighted by CrossRiverWatch, Chief Obla was informed that President Muhammadu Buhari has approved his
There are so many stories surrounding the Superhighway project of the Cross River State Government that, at the moment, if the road were to be a guy or a babe for instance, he/she will sure be one of the trending topics on Twitter, Facebook or make headlines on Linda Ikeji. The 260km Superhighway estimated to
By Our Correspondent Cross River State House of Assembly Speaker, Hon John Gaul Lebo has advocated the use of customary practices to check deforestation in the country. Hon Lebo made the remark recently when the Cross River State Commissioner for Climate Change and Forestry with a team from the United Nations Programme on Reducing Emissions
By Jonathan Ugbal No fewer than 2,946 students were matriculated into the over 25 programs offered in the Cross River State owned Cross River University of Technology on Wednesday and Thursday across the 4 campuses of the institution. The Vice Chancellor, Prof Anthony Owan Enoh in his matriculation address warned that the varsity’s management will
By Utang Bassey and Jonathan Ugbal The level of insecurity has heightened in Calabar South local government area of Cross River State with continuous reports of bag and valuables snatching as well as increased gangster activities CrossRiverWatch can authoritatively report. This is even as the State Security Adviser Jude Ngaji paraded 78 alleged criminal elements