CALABAR, Cross River State, Nigeria, April 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Ahead of World Health Day, IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced details of its involvement with two government programs in Cross River State, Nigeria aimed at providing access to free healthcare and alleviating poverty.

CALABAR, Nigeria, April 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The government of Cross River State, Nigeria, has appointed IBM (NYSE: IBM) to assist with the implementation of two new social welfare and healthcare initiatives designed to help people living in rural areas of Cross River State. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090416/IBMLOGO) Under the terms of the agreement, IBM will provide business consulting services for two projects announced by the Cross River State government last August: Project Hope - a free health care system for pregnant women and children under five.

By Salami, Gitti Drawing on the field of performance studies, this article investigates the nature of the alterations made between 1939 and 2001 to the overall format of the Yakurr Leboku festival, an annual new yam rite performed in the Middle Cross River region of southeastern Nigeria.

Nigeria to build new int'l airport in southeast LAGOS, April 3 (Xinhua) -- Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has announced that a new international airport would be built in the Cross River State capital Calabar, the News Agency of Nigeria reported on Tuesday.