By Patrick Obia A locally made BMV-6 medical ventilator has been recognized as the third-best innovation in Nigeria at the prestigious Annual Technology Dinner, Innovations Exhibition, and Award Night hosted by the Academy. The ventilator, invented by Prof. Babson Ajibade, a Professor of African Visual Art at the University of Cross River State (UNICROSS), is
By Patrick Obia In June 2023, Onor-Obassi Egim Tawo, a lawyer based in Calabar, Cross River State, began an online petition on Change.org demanding that the government make genotype counseling and tests mandatory for intending couples in Nigeria. This policy measure, she thought, would help would-be couples make informed decisions and consequently reduce the high
By Yahuza Bawage, Prime Progress Endurance Ogri stared at the wall, contemplating the interior design for a room painting. Her mind soon drifted to her rustic life in the village, where she hurried to the stream every morning to fetch water and the hot, dreary afternoons, which saw her haul firewood from the forest. Having
By Ogar Monday, Prime Progress This is how a mother of four learned that pigs can drown. In October last year, Rima Adoga woke up one night to a disturbing noise outside her house. “My husband was not around. It was just me and my children,” she said in her native Yala language. When she
By Godwin Otang The Godshield Kanjal Journalism Foundation (GKJF) in collaboration with the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) Cross River State Council, has trained journalists on climate reporting in Calabar. The training is the first collaboration between GKJF and the NUJ. Organizers say the training is motivated by the underreported climate issues in Cross River
By Godwin Otang In a sharp twist on the harmful cultural practice of Money Marriage in Becheve Community, Obanliku Local Government of Cross River State, the Becheve Youths Elites, a youth organization in the community has admitted such exist after it had refuted a documentary stating it still exists. The Organization shortly after the documentary