By Patrick Obia The Diocesan Education Board, Catholic Diocese of Ogoja, Cross River State, has shifted the blame of her school – St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Academy, Obudu questionable curriculum to the Ministry of Education. A disturbing Junior Secondary School 1 (JSS 1) class assignment surfaced online where the students are asked to define homosexuality,
To ease financial burdens, work days have been temporarily reduced from 5 to 3 days a week
Favour Adinya Members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Cross River State chapter, have staged a peaceful protest over non payment of sixty thousand (60) Naira palliatives ASUU and her members staged the protest in the Calabar main campus of UNICROSS, marched round the premises and touched down the Vice Chancellor’s
By Favour Adinya One of the youngest Heads of Department (HoD) in the University of Calabar (UNICAL), Engr. Eludire Oluwadamilare has been honored with an esteemed Award of Excellence and Ability in Teaching Engineering. Engr. Eludire Oluwadamilare who is serving his second term as Acting HoD in the Department of Agricultural and Bioresources Engineering, UNICAL
By Favour Adinya The University of Calabar (UNICAL) has hosted its first National Colloquium Conference on Special Needs Education. The conference held on Thursday October 17, 2024, is in honor of Prof. Emeka Desmond Ozoji’s retirement. The two-day conference, themed “Nigerian Special Needs Education in Search of an Identity,” aims to tackle the challenges and
By Patrick Obia As suspension galore continues in the University of Calabar, the institution has suspended another lecturer, Dr. Joseph Idung of the Department of Science Laboratory Technology. In a letter of suspension addressed to the lecturer by the Registrar Gabriel Egbe, states that Dr. Joseph has refused to return money collected from students for
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Unrelenting in her bid to rid the institution of vices, the Management of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) has announced the removal from office and suspension from duties of the acting Head of the Department of Pharmacology, Dr. Joseph Akpan. According to a release signed by the University Registrar, Mr. Gabriel Egbe,
By Mercy Ibor The University of Calabar Vice Chancellor, Professor Florence Banku Obi, has resumed duty after a long vacation abroad. The resumption quells speculations of her sack as insinuated in different quarters. Upon resumption, the 11 substantive vice chancellor presided over the school Senate sitting before embarking on an inspection tour of ongoing projects,