By CrossRiverWatch admin It is mandatory for each state of the federation to establish a State Primary Health Care Agency, SPHCDA. This is in line with the provisions of the new National Health Act. The Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency, Dr. Ado Muhammed disclosed this while
By Our Correspondent The Speaker of the Cross River State House of Assembly, Hon. John Gaul Lebo has urged Obudu people to support their kinsmen in public office. He gave the charge recently during the thanksgiving service of the member representing Obudu State Constituency in the Cross River State House of Assembly, Hon. Stephen Ukpukpen,
By Frank Edima The Nigeria Labor Congress (NLC), Cross River State Council, yesterday joined the rest of the labor movement in the nationwide protest against increased electricity tariff. The protest which held along Calabar road according to the NLC, State Chairman, Comrade John Ushie, is to express their disapproval of the 45% increase in tariff
By Ushang Ewa The Cross River state government Special Envoy to the African Development Bank (AfDB) Emmanuel Ibeshi, has met with several board members and executives of the financial institution to discuss its interventions and planned programs in the state. Ibeshi in separate meetings with the bank’s top guns in Nigeria and its headquarters in
By Our Reporter Mr. Jeremiah Archibong, a CrossRiverWatch correspondent had his phones seized in court yesterday and was briefly detained by the duty police officer in court for allegedly recording court proceedings. CrossRiverWatch gathered that the phones were seized when one of the accused persons (Inspector Gershom), recognized the correspondent and raised alarm that they
By CrossRiverWatch admin A High Court of Cross River State sitting in Calabar and presided over by the Honorable Justice Michael Edem, has remanded 14 dismissed police officers in police custody pending ruling on a contentious bail application by the defence lawyers. The dismissed officers are standing trial in Charge No. HC/2C/2016 for the murder
By CrossRiverWatch admin Over one hundred retirees in Calabar, the Cross River State Capital are demanding for the immediate payment of their gratuity which has not been paid for the past five years. The retirees in a peaceful protest to the governor’s office carried placards with inscriptions like; we are demanding for the right payment
By CrossRiverWatch admin Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State has again promised that the Calabar garment factory, one of his signature projects will be commissioned by the 1st of April, 2016. The garment factory which was earlier scheduled to be commissioned within the first hundred days in office of Ayade’s administration has seen delays