Dr Austin Ushie, Medical Superintendent of General Hospital Obanliku, Cross River State has disclosed that he is ready to face any panel or medical board set aside to investigate the cause of death of a middle-aged woman in the facility. Ushie made the assertion in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria, (NAN), on Monday…
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has maintained that breast cancer like every other cancer is not caused by demons but a medical issue that should be treated physically. This was disclosed by Dr Felix Archibong, Chairman of Cross River Chapter of the association in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Saturday…
The Cross River Fire Service has disclosed that grounded equipment was the reason why it could not respond to calls to put out the fire that engulfed shops in the Hewett area of the popular Watt Market, in Calabar. The assertion was made by Mr Peter Ewona, Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the service during…
Dr Kwis Samuel, a Radiation and Clinical Oncologist with Asi Ukpo Comprehensive Cancer Centre, Calabar has disclosed that Nigeria could reduce cervical cancer prevalence in the nation by 98 per cent through the vaccination of all its girls Samuel made the assertion in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in…
The Government of Cross River in Collaboration with Zipline has delivered over 600,000 drugs and vaccine doses in the remotest communities of the state in the last eight months. This innovation which was bridging the healthcare gap in the hard-to-reach communities in the state was seen during an on-the-spot assessment of the Zipline facilities in…
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) has arrested one Mr Yakubu Isiaka from Kano for allegedly vandalising the floodlights at the UJ Esuene Stadium Calabar. This was disclosed by Commandant Charles Brown, Cross River’s Commandant of NSCDC on Monday (16 Oct. 2023) in Calabar during a parade of two suspects for vandalising public…
There is jubilation in Cross River as the Government commenced the distribution of palliative to cushion the effect of the removal of fuel subsidy by President Bola Tinubu in May. Speaking during the flagging off at the Management Development Institute, Mary Slessor, Calabar on Tuesday (Oct. 10), Governor Bassey Otu stated that the exercise has…
Prof. Florence Obi, Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar, (UNICAL) has extolled the feat achieved by a 27-year-old undergraduate of Philosophy from Edo for attempting a new world record. Obi showered encomiums on the student, Daniel Aiguokhian in the late hours of Monday (Oct. 9), at the UNICAL Students Union Government (SUG) Senate Chamber,…
Mr Daniel Aiguokhian, a 300-level student of Philosophy at the University of Calabar (UNICAL) is set to break the Guinness World Record (GWR) for the longest hours of writing fiction and non-fiction by an individual. Aiguokhian who christened his expedition, “Write-A-Thon”, following the the popular “Cook-A-Thon” by Chef Hilda Baci and “Read-A-Thon” by Mr John…
The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) on Friday disclosed that Enrollee satisfaction remained the bedrock of the agency’s activities and one of the key reasons it was created. The assertion was made by Mr Stanley Effah, Cross River Coordinator of NHIA during the customer week celebration of the agency from Oct. 2 to Oct. 6…