By Magnus Effiong The University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH) is investing heavily in the procurement of modern medical equipment and infrastructure to stop medical tourism and provide affordable and quality healthcare services to the people, the Chief Medical Director (CMD) of the hospital, Prof Ikpeme Ikpeme has disclosed. Prof Ikpeme said this in Calabar…
By Magnus Effiong/Ita Williams Governor Bassey Otu of Cross River State has received commendation from the opposition political parties and indeed all Cross Riverians for the physical proofs of performance the State is experiencing within his few months in office. The Governor, who seems to have declared emergency on road infrastructure in the State capital…
By Ekanem Wylie/Magnus Effiong The passage of the 2024 Service Commission Amendment Bill by the Cross River House of Assembly may have succinctly pitched the Honourable Members against the Executive arm, that is, if feelers reaching Pillar Today is anything to by. The Bill, according to a source in the Governor’s Office who preferred anonymity,…
By Ita Williams The National Population Commission (NPC) in Cross River State has stepped up preparation for a successful conduct of the 2023-24 National Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS). The State Director of the NPC, Mr. Stanley Itam, in a press briefing held in Calabar, emphasized the importance of the NDHS, explaining that the NPC…
By Collin Rugg North Carolina High School student, Christian McGhee has been suspended from school for saying “illegal alien” in the classroom. McGhee was suspended for three days after doing an assignment in English class. The teacher told the class to say a sentence with the word “alien” in it. McGhee reportedly said: “Like space…
