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Civil Service Promotion Examination Goes Online In Cross River

by crossriverwatch admin Baring any change of mind, any civil servant in Cross River State who is seeking promotion is to write examination through online platform as part of the digitalization reform policy of the state civil service. Those that are involved directly in this policy are those seeking promotion to be Director, Deputy Director

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Polio Spread In Cameroon Boarder Community Frightens Cross River

by crossriverwatch admin The reported cases of wild polio virus in the Cameroon Boarder community close to Danare in Boki and Obanliku Local Government Area has made Cross River State to roll out its robust continuous immunization care to the citizens living in the area and other northern parts of the state. Reported cases of

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Dangote Truck Crushes Six Along Calabar Ikom Highway

by crossriverwatch admin Senator Liyel Imoke, the Cross River State governor on Friday morning had to pull over his convoy to behold the tragic scene in which a coffin maker and five other persons were crushed to death by a Dangote truck at Orira village, Biase LGA along the Calabar Ikom – Highway. The truck

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The Only Way Bakassi Can Be Brought Back Is If The Country Goes To War – Ita Giwa

by crossriverwatch admin You have been championing the cause of the Bakassi people; to what extent have you presented the plight of the displaced people before the conference? In the Committee on Environment, which I am the chairman, we talked about loss of natural resources and recommended compensation for the people of Bakassi. The mandate

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Police Smash Child Kidnapping Gang In Cross River

by crossriverwatch admin The police command in Cross River said on Wednesday that it had arrested seven persons comprising two women and five men, who specialised in child kidnapping and trafficking. The Assistant Commissioner of Police in-charge of Criminal Investigation in the command, Ganiyu Salami, said in Calabar that the command also rescued two children.

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Mimiko And His Inimical ‘Options’ On Bakassi By TATABONKO OROK EDEM

by crossriverwatch admin I write in response to a two-part series interview conducted by Tunde Akinola, of the Guardian Newspapers which was published in the Guardian Newspapers of June 2nd and 3rd, 2014, titled: “We have options on Bakassi irrespective of ICJ ruling”. See –http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/features/policy-a-politics/163927-we-have-options-on-bakassi-irrespective-of-icj-ruling/ The subject of the interview Mr. Mimiko, was introduced as

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Ndoma Egba Alerts On UN’s Plan To Cede More Nigerian Territory As Mark Warn Nigeria’s Neighbors

by crossriverwatch admin The Senate Leader, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba who represents Cross River Central Senatorial District, on Thursday alerted the Senate on renewed moves by the UN Boundary Demarcation Committee to cede more territories of Nigeria to Cameroon. Speaking under Order 42 of the Senate Standing Rules, Ndoma-Egba told the Senate that border demarcation between

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When Hospitals Do The Sick More Harm By OGAR EMMANUEL OKO

by crossriverwatch admin Florence Nightingale, a British nurse, hospital reformer and humanitarian, was known for her impeccable exploits in the art of nursing science. She said unequivocally that, “It may seem a strange principle to enunciate as the very first requirement in a hospital that it should do the sick no harm”. A hospital is

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