By Jonathan Ugbal The Cross River state House of Assembly has said it is willing to listen to the inputs of everyone as it seeks to strengthen legislations to tackle the rising spate of insecurity. The Speaker, Eteng Jones (PDP Yakurr 2) stated this while addressing attendees of a presentation and validation meeting of “The
By Jonathan Ugbal The attitude of the citizenry towards the street children phenomenon has been identified as the bane of their existence, a situation which has also led to increased crime rates said Ken Henshaw, Executive Director in Calabar on Tuesday while presenting a report on street children researched by We The People, a non
By Archibong Jeremiah The National Universities Commission (NUC) has accredited 15 courses in Arthur Jarvis University, Akpabuyo, Cross River State. The accreditation status was communicated to the first private university in Cross River State in a letter dated 19 March, 2020. Thirteen (13) courses received full accreditation status while two others got interim. The Vice
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Business owners in Calabar, the Cross River State capital continued their protest against insecurity of lives and properties. They locked their shops and refused attending to customers. The protest is for two days (Monday and Tuesday). See day 2 pictures below.
The University of Calabar (fondly called UNICAL) was first established as the Calabar campus of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN). It was in 1975 that the Federal Military Government announced Unical as a full-fledged academic institution. On that note, the university started operating as an autonomous institution without affiliation to UNN. Unical is ranked
By Jonathan Ugbal Baba Isa, a rights lawyer has raised alarm over an alleged witch hunt by the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC). The ICPC had on Friday, June 19, 2020, issued a statement about the arrest of a Primary School Teacher, Mrs. Roseline Egbuha, three staff of the Guaranty Trust Bank and a lawyer,
By Archibong Jeremiah The Director General, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu has said that no State in the country is COVID-19 free. Ihekweazu, said this at the 45th joint national briefing of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 on Monday in Abuja. According to him, a State can only talk
By Jonathan Ugbal More traders including pharmacies will join the protest in Calabar, the Cross River state capital by locking up their shops over the rising insecurity. Some who spoke to this reporter said they delayed joining their colleagues on Monday due to ‘person reasons’ but will comply with their agreement on Tuesday (Today). The