By Our Reporter The immediate past Cross River State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Inyang Asibong celebrated the 2019 International Day of the African Child at the Cameroon Refugee camp Ogoja LGA where she donated food items, groceries and medical supplies to the camp residents. According to Dr. Asibong the act was to give hope, love
By Jonathan Ugbal A family of eight have died from suspected inhalation of generator fumes in Ikom local government area of central Cross River State. The octet are said to comprise of the father, mother and six children. A source said the parents went to get relief materials and NGN25,000 cash each on Thursday last
By Monday Ogar Follow @ogar_monday Over 16,000 Cameroonians of the Anglophone extraction are currently spread across Cross River State with more expected as the crackdown continues in the Northwest and Southwest regions of that country says Ms. Brigitte Mukanga-Eno, the deputy representative of the United Nations Refugee Agency in Nigeria. The UNHCR expects the number
By Jonathan Ugbal The Cross River Government says it is planning to include migrants fleeing a crackdown in Cameroonian and taking refuge in the state in its next measles vaccination campaign. The Director General of the state’s Primary Health Care Development Agency, Dr. Betta Edu disclosed this while addressing the migrants in central Cross River
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent Following the camping of over 2,400 Cameroonian migrants at different points by the Cross River State Government, the Nigerian Government and the United Nations have commended the Governor, Senator Ben Ayade for welcoming the migrants and assisting them. The Federal Commissioner, National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced
By Our Correspondent Over three thousand displaced people of Bakassi have called on the President Muhammed Buhari led Federal Government to take over the running of their temporary camp from Cross River state government as it did for the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) Camps for Boko Haram victims in Borno and Adamawa states in North
by crossriverwatch admin Materials worth millions of Naira have been distributed to the displaced people of Bakassi at the refugees camp in Akpabuyo to support their living. The materials which were provided by the National Commission for Refugees Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons include beddings, foodstuff, medicine, toiletries, mosquito nets and other household items and
by crossriverwatch admin Over ten decapitated bodies of the Adadama people of Cross River State killed by their Amagu neighbors of Ikwo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State were over the weekend evacuated to the Ugep General Hospital Mortuary by officials of Cross River State government. The bloated bodies, most of them with their heads