by crossriverwatch admin A lecturer in the Department of Business Management, University of Calabar, Mr. Okon Effiong Ekpenyong, has lost four teeth after he was allegedly brutalised by some officials of the Nigeria Immigration Service, Cross River State command, for traffic offence. Ekpenyong, who narrated his ordeal to PUNCH Metro on Thursday, said his vehicle
by crossriverwatch admin Today the Henshaw Town Primary School, Egerton Calabar South was plunged into confusion as a pupil slumped. Master Paul Eyo as at few minutes to 10am while receiving English lesson was said to have taken an excuse that he’s pressed and he was permitted to go ease himself but shortly after he
by crossriverwatch admin CrossRiverWatch can authoritatively confirm that Dr. Godwin Iwatt, a lecturer in the University of Calabar, who was shot by suspected cultists in his office on May 6, 2014 is dead. Dr. Iwatt was confirmed dead about an hour ago at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital where he has been receiving treatment
by crossriverwatch admin The President, National Association of Cross River State Students World Wide, NACRISS WW Comrade Philomina Agweye has expressed worries over acts of some undisclosed members of her union who she alleged pay courtesy visits and solicit for financial support in the name of the Union without her official approval and at times
by crossriverwatch admin A confidential source at the University of Calabar of Calabar Teaching Hospital has disclosed to CrossRiverWatch that “Dr. Iwatt Godwin was brought into our unit, that is the intensive care Unit on Tuesday at about 3pm”. The source affirmed that “he has under gone a surgery and a thoracotomy chest tube inserted,
by crossriverwatch admin One hundred and twenty young men and women from the Central Senatorial District of Cross River State are undergoing six-week entrepreneurial and business skill training at the Central Bank Entrepreneurial Development Center in Calabar. The trainees drawn from the six local government areas of the Central Senatorial District comprising Etung, Ikom, Boki,
by crossriverwatch admin A lecturer in the University of Calabar, UNICAL, Dr. Iwat (other names unknown), has been reported shot by unknown gunmen this afternoon at about 2pm in his office in the department of Micro Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science. It was not immediately clear at press time why Dr. Iwat was shot but
by crossriverwatch admin The College of Medical Sciences University of Calabar, UNICAL has yesterday graduated 50 medical doctors in its 38th Physician Oath taking ceremony, Sponsio Academica. The Cross River Commissioner for Health, Prof. Angela Oyo Ita in her remark at the graduation said she is delighted to witness the ceremony and described the new