By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Cross River government says it has met the requirements of the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria for the accreditation of its schools of nursing and midwifery before the end of the year. The Health Commissioner Inyang Asibong stated this while inspecting facilities at one of the institutions in Calabar where
By Jonathan Ugbal Cross River Power Commissioner, Thomas Udam says the state government under the leadership of governor Ben Ayade will focus on generating sufficient power to illuminate the state. Udam who says the state is planning on ensuring that there is adequate power to drive the industrialization plans of the Ayade’s administration expressed hope
By Ushang Ewa Months after the Cross River state, Governor Ben Ayade created a full fledged Ministry of ICT in Cross River State, findings by CrossRiverWatch reveal that almost all state owned websites and their affiliates are either left for long durations without updates, or not functional at all while others have bugs and coding
By Our Reporter Eme Offiong, Zonal News Correspondent, Voice of Nigeria, South-South Zone, has said that, “The new media (online mediums) are very challenging”. She made the assertion recently while presenting a paper themed “Practical Approach To News Writing” at the fifth edition of CrossRiverWatch Online Journalists capacity building training in Calabar. Buttressing the vitality
By CrossRiverWatch admin Members of Partners For Peace (P4P) in the Niger Delta, Cross River State chapter have conducted election for its executive council to pilot the affairs of the organization till 2018. Addressing members of the Non-Governmental Organization, the electoral Chairman, Shawban Abdullahi expressed satisfaction with the manner members of the NGO conducted themselves
Since the dawn of uninterrupted democracy in Nigeria in 1999, Cross River has arguably been a strong hold of the People’s Democratic Party, (PDP). The first democratically elected governor of the state in the current dispensation, Mr. Donald Duke ensured that all the political heavyweights in the state at the time and a few officials
The best legacy that leadership in political authority at any given time and place can proudly bequeath to the future generation is when that authority deliberately decides to equip in all ramifications, the youths who are a bridge between the present and the future, those who will be the leaders of tomorrow. Provision of a
By Ushang Ewa Contractors handling the construction and renovation of sporting facilities for the controversial 19th National Sports Festival are yet to resume work on the various even venues despite threats of contract revocation by the Youth and Sports Commissioner CrossRiverWatch findings reveal. The Commissioner, Mr. Asu Okang, as reported by CrossRiverWatch in a report