By Eneji Simon Ushie The Director General of Cross River State Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Dr Janet Ekpenyong has assured Cross Riverians of quality and improved healthcare services as enrollees of the State Health Insurance Scheme will soon begin to enjoy access to health services across the state. The DG was speaking at the Conference…
Public (Government-owned) Schools were seen as the last bus stop for middle and low-class citizens in Nigeria and that was further made inexpensive in Cross River State and copied by other states across Nigeria. However, today, the case is different as even some of the rich are finding it difficult to pay their children school…
The Director General of Cross River State Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Dr Janet Ekpenyong has disclosed that the state governor, Senator Ben Ayade is commited towards achieving an Open Defecation Free State in the nearest possible future through the provision of basic infrastructure across the state. The DG made the disclosure at the conference hall…
The Cross River State Government in collaboration with the Apostolic Church of Nigeria, have commissioned a newly built Primary Healthcare Centre in Essien Street, Calabar South Local Government Area to meet the health needs of the people. Performing the exercise, the Director General of the Cross River State Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Dr Janet Ekpenyong…
As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to mark the 2021 Press Freedom Day, governments at all levels have been urged to remain committed to Press freedom at all times. This is contained in a statement by the Cross River State Chairman of the Nigeria Association of Women Journalists, NAWOJ, Comrade Umo Bassey Edet…
By Archibong Efefiom Tragedy struck this evening (Sunday, May 2, 2021) in Diamond Hill, Calabar, Cross River State, when one miss Nsebong, a young girl of 13 allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself beside her house. This occurred after she made countless trips to the scene just to make sure nobody was around to notice…
She said she belongs to a cult group called “Sky Queens Confraternity”. The 17-year-old girl added that her 38-year-old boyfriend gave her the gun. By Frank Ulom Last week, a 17-year-old secondary school girl identified as Promise Idorenyin was nabbed with a gun which she wanted to use to shoot her teacher for telling her…
By Frank Ulom A senior secondary school girl in her 17 has been nabbed after she attempted to shoot her teacher with a pistol in Cross River State. PARADISE NEWS learnt that the student whose name is withheld for the purpose of print was arrested last week at Government Secondary School, Ikot Ewa in Akpabuyo…
By Frank Ulom Half a million naira (N500,000) has been shared among the winners of the maiden edition of “Sharing Our Story”, a Photography and Videography competition organised by the Cross River State Government in conjunction with EddyLiz Studio. The finale which held on Sunday, December 20, 2020 at Transcorp Hotels, Calabar, saw 8 Finalists;…
By Frank Ulom The Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar (UNICAL), Prof. Florence Banku Obi has made 9 vital appointments to begin with. The appointments include; 1. Dr. Brenda Akpan of the Department of Theatre, Film and Carnival Studies – Director, Centre for Gender Development. 2. Prof. Anthonia Inaja – Director, Institute of Education….