By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Cross River state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Inyang Asibong has debunked the rumor that there is an outbreak of poliomyelitis in Odukpani LGA of Cross River State. The Commissioner has also mandated the state epidemiology team to conduct another round of Polio sensitization in the state and issue a briefing as
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Hip hop star artiste Kiss Daniel, has said he was not robbed at the Calabar Christmas Village, Cross River State, contrary to a news report on Tuesday. Reacting to a question from one of his numerous fans @tommykingsblog, on his twitter handle, @iamkissdaniel Kiss Daniel who was widely reported to have been
By Our Correspondent Cross River State governor, Senator Ben Ayade, has promised to pursue with vigor, his administration’s industrialization agenda by ensuring the actual commencement of the construction of the Bakassi Deep Seaport and the 260-kilometer Calabar-Bekwarra-Katsina-Ala Super Highway in 2017. Ayade who spoke in his New Year message signed by his Senior Special Assistant
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Hon. Nkoyo Toyo, Coordinator, N-power Verification Program in Cross River, on Tuesday said more than 3,500 participants have been verified in the state. Toyo, who disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Calabar, said 4,535 slots were allotted to the state. “Cross River has 4,535 slots
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), says it has so far distributed over 53,000 condoms through its Wise-up Cross River State campaign at Calabar Christmas Village. Mr. Olamide Onifade, Head, Monitoring and Evaluation Unit, UNFPA, Wise-up Cross River State, disclosed this in a release he issued and made available to the News
By Emma Una Non dredging of the channel of the Calabar Port, Cross River State, 10 years after it was privatized, is a critical limiting factor for the non-utilization of the full potentials of the port as bigger vessels cannot berth there, Group General Manager of ECM Terminals, Mr. Dayo Balogun, operators of the port,
By Emma Una Cross River State Police Command has drafted 8,000 policemen to provide security during the 2016 annual Calabar Carnival culminating on 29 December. Mr. Ozi Jimoh, the state Commissioner of Police, who spoke over the weekend in his office, said that policemen from all the units and divisions in the state would be
By Our Correspondent The Cross River State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Obi Ozeh has told CrossRiverWatch that there was no incident of armed robbery at the Calabar carnival village as reported by some national dailies. The Commissioner explained that what happened at the village on Monday night was a case of crowd control which led