By Utang Bassey The atmosphere in Calabar South local government area of Cross River State is growing tense following the shooting of 3 people within 3 days in what some fear may trigger a new gangster war in the council area. Findings by CrossRiverWatch reveal it began Friday last week around the Pinn Margaret secondary
By Ushang Ewa The immediate past Provost of the Federal College of Education (FCE) Obudu, Chief Eugene Ibli has died. CrossRiverWatch gathered from sources close to the family that Ibli kicked the bucket in Makurdi, Benue state where he has been receiving treatment for a condition the source did not disclose. Ibli, a third degree
By Alawa Christiana The Vice Chancellor, University of Calabar, Prof. Zana Akpagu has disclosed that the institution has completed plans with contracts awarded for the building of additional 4 hostels, 3 classroom blocks, 4000 chairs and tables as well as air conditioners for the lecture halls. The VC made the disclosure Tuesday during a thank
By Our Correspondent In a bid to strengthen the educational sector in the state, the Cross River State government has approved the sum of N2 billion Naira as partnership fund with the Canadian government. To this end, the approval is to be released from the Education Stabilization Fund available to the state for the establishment
By Our Reporter The National Industrial Court of Nigeria, sitting in Calabar has adjourned to 5th of May 2016 for further hearing of the suit filed by the suspended Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Calabar, Prof. Cyril Osim Ndifon against the University. The case which came up on the 12th day of
By CrossRiverWatch admin The Management of the University of Calabar (UNICAL), has expelled 33 students and retired a Professor for alleged examination malpractices and plagiarism respectively. The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Zana Akpagu, disclosed this during a briefing in Calabar while stressed that UNICAL was the only institution offering an anti-corruption course introduced in collaboration with the
By Inyali Peter As part of their commitment to the administration of Governor Ben Ayade, Graduates from the state owned Cross River University of Technology, CRUTECH have expressed readiness to work for free to ensure the actualization of the proposed Calabar Rice City. The Graduates who were speaking under the aegis of CRUTECH Alumni Association
By Kingsley Charles Erudite campus journalist and Publisher of crossriverdaily.com, Comrade Onun Endurance has picked the nomination form to contest as President in the 2016 Students Union Government (SUG) election of the University of Calabar, UNICAL. Comrade Endurance who was yesterday accompanied by some union stakeholders on campus to the office of the CUECO (Calabar