By Jonathan Ugbal; Government House Correspondent The Cross River University of Technology, CRUTECH yesterday began her 13th matriculation ceremony with 1,751 students participating in the ceremony even as reports indicate that the state government has paid arrears owed staff of the institution for the month of April 2015. The Vice Chancellor, VC of the institution,
By CrossRiverWatch admin CrossRiverWatch has reliably gathered that plans are underway to downgrade the Cross State Polytechnic otherwise known as the Institute of Technology and Management, ITM in Ugep to a technical college. The Cross River State Government had entered into a partnership with Highbury College, Portsmouth, United Kingdom to design a demand-driven curriculum for
By Ikwen Atuaka The acting Bursar of the Federal College of Education, FCE Obudu Mr. Fidelis Okorie has died after suffering from minor medical complications CrossRiverWatch can authoritatively report. Fidelis CrossRiverWatch gathered, died last weekend while travelling from Obudu to a prayer house in Onitsha, Anambra State after the three week old stomach ache he
By Ushang Ewa The money paid by 100 level students of the Cross River University of Technology as “matriculation gown fee” is generating uneasy calm in the institution as some members of the staff and students feel it is more of a rip off by the management. A senior lecturer in the Calabar campus of
By Ogar Monday The National Association of Boki Student Worldwide (NABS WW) has conducted elections into various offices at the level of the Executive council. The elections which held at the Wolu town hall in Boki Local Government Area had in attendance 10 delegates each from Abu, Boje, Iruan, Osokom 1 and 2, and Eastern
By CrossRiverWatch admin The promise by the management of the Cross River University of Technology, CRUTECH to provide hostel accommodation for its students in Calabar campus a fortnight after resumption on May 11, 2015 may not be fulfilled even before the end of the semester. The management in a statement signed by the acting Bursar
By Ushang Ewa A lecturer in the Department of Mechanical Engineering in the Cross River University of Technology (CRUTECH), Engineer Stephen Tekum was yesterday arrested by men of the Department of State Security, DSS while delivering a lecture in the institution for extorting students. CrossRiverWatch gathered that Stephen was arrested while delivering a lecture at
By Jonathan Ugbal; Government House Correspondent The ultimate goal of students while in school has been identified as ensuring the completion of their academic activities without causing or creating avenues for unrest in the society. Ivara Esu, Cross River Deputy Governor said this in Calabar when he received leaders of student union bodies in the