By Inyali Peter The Cross River State Police command has disclosed that it has arrested one Mr. Paul Nchui who allegedly poisoned food in a restaurant that has left 2 people dead and over 46 hospitalized in the state. The State Police Public Relations Officer, Irene Ugbo who confirmed this in a telephone chat said
By Jonathan Ugbal The member representing Ogoja/Yala federal constituency in the green chambers of the national assembly, Honorable Agom Jarigbe has promised to foot the medical bills of the victims of the food poisoning saga at Oboso, Mbube community of Ogoja local government area. This is even as the State says the Police have arrested
By Jonathan Ugbal No fewer than 44 people are currently hospitalized following a case of food poisoning in Oboso community of Mbube in Ogoja local government area of Cross River State CrossRiverWatch authoritatively reports. This is even as two people died Friday morning with the State Government issuing a statement that a strange illness was
By Jonathan Ugbal A strange disease has broken out in 3 communities of Ogoja local government area of northern Cross River State. Ogoja is over 280 kilometers north of Calabar, the Cross River State capital. The communities in question share a common water source a statement from the ministry of health said. “The strange illness
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The leader of the Hausa community in Ogoja local government area of northern Cross River State, Alhaji Yakubu Adamu says his ascension to the throne of “Sarki Hausa Ogoja” will bring a new lease of life to his people. Adamu in a message to CrossRiverWatch said that; “My promise to my people is
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Political naming ceremonies are usually happy occasions. In the days of yore when the Nigerian military hierarchy created or ‘dashed’ those who lobbied most local government areas and states, such gestures brought the beneficiaries a sense of belonging despite the gapping national (in)cohesiveness. Nothing signposts the feeling of joy and the ecstasy
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The House of Representatives yesterday adopted a motion sponsored by Mr. Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe (Ogoja/Yala Federal Constituency of Cross River State) on the urgent need to investigate the huge debts owed the Petroleum Products Marketing Company (PPMC) by some major and independent oil marketers. Jarigbe had alleged that “there is a connivance
By Ogar Monday Motorist plying Mbok to Abouchiche axis of the Calabar-Ogoja road will soon heave a sigh of relief as contractors handling the rehabilitation of the road mobilized to site two years after the contract was awarded. The road has been rendered impassable for a long time, causing traffic gridlock and multiplying travel time