By CrossRiverWatch Admin Mr. Michael Edet is currently Police custody after his arrest for allegedly defiling a female youth corps member (names withheld) serving in Ekpri-Obutong area of Bakassi local government area in southern Cross River State last weekend. Mr. Edet is said to have broken into Block A6, Obutong Estate at about 11:00 PM
By Jonathan Ugbal A Lassa fever case has claimed one life at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH), Calabar the Cross River State capital CrossRiverWatch authoritatively reports. The deceased is a Youth Corper, identified as Onwuegbuzie, Stanley Samuel CR/16B/2098 was serving in Community Secondary School, Ofodua, Obubra LGA. The Cross River State commissioner for
By Elijah Ugani The wife of Cross River State governor, Linda Ayade says there is need for government at all levels to protect the youths to ensure they maximize their potentials as they are the answer to future problems. Ayade stated this recently in Calabar during a round table discussion with the United Nations
By Our Correspondent No fewer than one Thousand inhabitants of Adiabo Community in Odukpani Local government Area of Cross River State, where the Obong of Calabar comes from have been dewormed by the medical and health Care group of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). The intervention by the NYSC group was part of their
By Jonathan Ugbal Graduates of various departments and batches of the Cross River University of Technology (CRUTECH) today braved the rains to protest their non mobilization for the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) and blocked the main gate of the institution in Calabar. The protest which lasted a little over 100 minutes saw students who
By Elijah Ugani The Local Inspector, LI of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC in Obudu Local Government Area, Mr. Ogar Olayi has commended corpers to for being well behaved and enjoined them to put to practice lessons learnt during the service year to make their career prosper. He made this commendation at the send
By Isaac Mensah Succor came the way of the staff and management of University of Calabar staff primary school recently when members of the National Youth Service Corps serving at the University of Calabar made some donation to the school as part of their Community Development Service (CDS) project to their place of primary assignment.
by crossriverwatch admin The Cross River State deputy governor, Mr Efiok Cobham has given details of how he in 1986, when he was a corp member posted to the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, led a protest of over 200 Corps members to address the then NYSC State Director Alhaji Hamza Abdulahi over what he called