By Our Correspondent The operators of General Hospital Obudu, one of the privatized medical outfits in Cross River State say the facility which has been undergoing renovation will soon begin offering medical services to the public. The hospital whose operations will be undertaken by St. Luke’s General Hospital Consortium under a public private partnership arrangement
By Archibong Jeremiah Members of National Association of Cross River State Students, NACRISS, Cross River State College of Education, Awi/Akamkpa chapter have shared one hundred and eighty thousand naira in gift items among two orphanages (Infant Orphanage Home and Chief Michael Ekpenyong Iso Home) in Calabar, Cross River State. Speaking while presenting the gift items
By Ushang Ewa/Itiunbe Atunka Two men, Stephen Apebende and his friend, unnamed spent their Easter holidays in detention for allegedly photographing police officers via their cell phones while extorting road users. Family sources close to Apebende say he was arrested along with his friend Saturday morning along Ranch road at the police checkpoint just before
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Speaker of the Cross River House of Assembly, Hon. John Lebo has warned that any leader who underrates the power of social media is sitting on quick sand and stress the fact that the government has lost its traditional monopoly of the tools of mass propaganda. In a comment on a
By Our Correspondent Cross River State governor, Senator Ben Ayade has disclosed that four international companies with expertise in deep seaport are currently scrambling to invest in the Bakassi Deep Seaport being developed by the State Government. Briefing newsmen at the Margaret Ekpo International Airport, Calabar on his return from an extensive working trip to
By CrossRiverWatch admin Renowned rights activist and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana and the Ambassador of the Republic of Rwanda to Nigeria, Ambassador Stanislas Kamanzi, have been named as guests in a youth mentorship program billed to hold in Calabar on 10th and 21st of April, 2016. The event with the theme “Building A
By Archibong Jeremiah Members of Kegite Club International, Kross Wata Hemisphere, Felosis Tent-Anansa (Cross River State, Calabar South Unit) have inducted a new Coordinator (AB Cordi). Felo Eyibio Jacob, AB Cordi Kross Wata Hemisphere, Felosis Tent- Anansa inducted by the State Council of Chefesis (Chiefs) to pilot the affair of the club for the next
By Ikwen Atuaka Traditional leaders in the Bette speaking axis of Obudu local government area, Tuesday, carried out a traditional cleansing of the land and sensitization in a bid to put an end to the menace posed by gangsters of late. The cleansing which according to Chief Felix Okudare is a longstanding tradition and norm