By Blessing George The Governor of Cross River State, Senator Bassey Otu has ordered the temporary relocation of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Permanent Orientation Camp from Obubra to the University of Education and Entrepreneurship in Akamkpa. The order was contained in a press release signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Prof.
By Wisdom Eteng, Faith Odezulu And Mary Ebebe Cross River State and Niger Delta’s foremost investigative media outfit, CrossRiverWatch, has received a new batch of Industrial Training (IT) students from the Department of Mass Communication, University of Cross River State (UNICROSS). The 14 students who either chose or got recommended to CrossRiverWatch will embark on
By Blessing Francis And Christiana Oku-Geni The Cross River State Police Command has strengthened its campaign for the protection of the girl child through a school outreach program organized by the Police Campaign Against Cultism and Other Vices (POCACOV). The outreach, held at Holy Child’s Girls Secondary School, Calabar, on October 12, 2026, was organized
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Cross River-born youth development practitioner Prince Inyang Nyong has earned continental recognition for leadership excellence, grassroots capacity building and commitment to developing ethical young African leaders. He named Fellow of the Year 2026 by One Million Leaders Africa (OMLA) in recognition of his outstanding commitment and contributions to the Fellowship. Nyong, who
By Kelvin Ololo The University of Calabar (UNICAL) has warned faculties and institutes against charging former students for the collection of degree certificates, following complaints of alleged extortion at the point of certificate collection. The warning was contained in a memo dated October 4, 2026, issued by the Directorate of SERVICOM in the Vice Chancellor’s
By Sylvia Akpan The management of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) has disowned an individual identified as “Prof. Odong”, who is allegedly impersonating a staff member of the institution’s Information and Communication Technology (ICT) unit and demanding money from students to alter or improve their examination results. The warning was contained in a notice issued
By Kelvin Ololo Public and private nursery, primary and secondary schools across Cross River State will resume for the 2026/2027 academic session on Monday, September 14, 2026, with the Ministry of Education directing schools to strictly comply with approved academic and operational policies. The directive, contained in a public announcement signed by the Director of
By Sylvia Akpan And Paschal Okwor The First Lady of Nigeria, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, visited the University of Cross River State (UNICROSS) on Friday, September 4, 2026, and commission the newly established Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND) ICT Experience Center. The Center said to cost one (1,000,000,000) billion Naira, provides students with free access to