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UCTH Staff, Mother Of Three Arrested For Child Trafficking

by crossriverwatch admin Two women, one a staff of the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital and a mother of three alleged to be child traffickers were on Tuesday evening paraded by men of the Cross River State Quick Intervention Squad, QIS, for being part of the syndicate that has been snatching children in Calabar. Commander

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Calabar: South-South Governors, Leaders Endorse Jonathan For 2015

by crossriverwatch admin The clearest indication that President Goodluck Jonathan will contest the 2015 presidential election emerged yesterday in Calabar, Cross River State with the ringing endorsement of the President for the election by South-South governors and leaders of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP). The endorsement of the President for the 2015 presidential election was

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Senator Ayade To Begin Social Housing Fabrication Training For Constituents

by crossriverwatch admin Senator representing Cross River North Senatorial District, Senator Benedict Ayade is set to commence training on how to fabricate low cost, pro-poor, energy conserving houses for his constituents. The training scheduled to commence tomorrow, Monday August 4, 2014 has seen the arrival of two experts from Italy who are expected to train

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5,552 Pregnant Women Sensitized On Mother To Child HIV Infection In Calabar

by crossriverwatch admin To stem the high incidences of mother to child transmission of HIV in communities in Calabar South, a nongovernmental organization, Development Option, DO, has undertaken the process of educating pregnant women and Traditional Birth Attendants on safe birth practices. Speaking to CrossRiverWatch during one of her advocacy visits to the Eserebom Village

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Mentally, I Have Left The First Ladies’ Office – Obioma Imoke

by crossriverwatch admin “Public life will soon be over. I will get my life back. Mentally I am gone…the office of wife of governor is very ready for the next person.” These are the words of Cross River State First Lady, Obioma Imoke in an exclusive interview in the July/August 2014 issue of popular Celebrity

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Staff Celebrate Cross River Information Commissioner @ 50

by crossriverwatch admin Staff of the Cross River State Ministry of Information on Friday gave their boss, the Commissioner, Chief Akin Ricketts a surprise 50th birthday party in the office. Chief Ricketts who was overwhelmed by the gesture and kind words of his staff thanked them for keeping him in mind and urged them to

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Growing Cases Of Extra-Judicial Killings In Cross River And Implication On Tourism BY JAMES IBOR

by crossriverwatch admin Cross River State according to the National Population Commission, has a population of about 2,892,988. Cross River State is today one of the hotspot of Nigerian tourism industry. For instance, the Cross River National Park has the largest area of protected tropical rain forest in Nigeria. In the Park you will find

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College Of Education Akamkpa Academic Staff Union Gets New Executive

by crossriverwatch admin The National Chairman, College of Education Academic Staff Union, COASU Dr. Emmanuel Osang has commended the Cross River State College of Education Awi/Akamkpa for being rated among the best colleges in the country by the Nigeria Commission of Colleges of Education, NCCE during its recent nationwide inspection. Dr. Osang made the commendation

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