1. My memories growing up in four corners Ikom are always fresh. Not the urban four corners of today. I mean the four corners of those days when we looked forward and celebrated catholic bazaar with pump, when the only public television was often mounted at then Mercantile Bank for the public to catch up
By Our Reporter The need to ensure online journalists operate within the ambits of the ethics and the path charted by the traditional media has been described as the key to maintaining the integrity of the journalism profession as online media phases in. The Special Assistant, Media to Cross River governor, Benedict Ayade, Mr. Solomon
By Archibong Jeremiah Members of Cross River State College Academic Staff Union, COEASU have accused the State Government of illegally deducting five thousand, seven hundred and fifty naira (N5, 750) from their salary and that of other staff of the College for four months now for a compulsory computer ownership project implemented by the State
By Ushang Ewa The maiden edition of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) Calabar Study centre Law Students Association of Nigeria (LAWSAN) week is set to kick off today CrossRiverWatch authoritatively reports. Documents made available to CrossRiverWatch indicates the two day event is themed “Democratizing Education In Nigeria: Role Of NOUN In Redirecting Educational
Few days ago the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, Cross River State, Mrs. Ann Odey goofed by taking a unilateral decision on a matter that almost set the state on fire, a matter that ordinarily would not have been a problem if proper line of authority on dealing with such issues was taken. Unfortunately, the
By Our Correspondent Governor Ben Ayade has directed the immediate suspension of the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, Mrs. Anne Odey, over the stoppage of morning devotion in secondary and primary schools in the state. To this end, a 3 man committee to be chaired by the SSG has been set up to investigate the
By Emma Una Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, has rejected the directive by the Cross Rive State Government to stop morning devotion in secondary and primary schools across the state saying such a directive is totally unacceptable to the Association. In a release made available to CrossRiverWatch and, signed by its State Chairman, Archbishop Joseph
It baffles me to agree that Cross River state is still an educationally less developed state given its history as one of the first colonial base in this country. Colonialism brought many ills to the people it came to, yet in our forced government curriculum, our teachers thought us that one “advantage” of colonialism is