by crossriverwatch admin Cross River State Governor Liyel Imoke has approved the take-over of 14 community secondary schools by the state government. The state Commissioner for Education, Prof. Offiong Offiong, said this while briefing journalists in Calabar on Thursday on the activities of the ministry. He said the move was to further expand access to
by crossriverwatch admin The Dean of Student Affairs of Cross River State College of Education, Akamkpa, has said that the compulsory retirement of Dr. F. Fan, a senior lecturer and former head of the social studies department of the school was because he was very untruthful. Dr. F. Fan was retired in the last quarter
by crossriverwatch admin There is no law that prescribes which school anybody should place his children or wards but it’s a matter of personal choice whether to send them to public or private schools says Professor Offiong E. Offiong, the Cross River State Education Commissioner. Professor Offiong who made the declaration on Tuesday in Calabar
by crossriverwatch admin Two female undergraduate robbery suspects and their male partner in crime were battered and stripped naked in Calabar on Friday afternoon for attempting to rob a Calabar-based businesswoman of N1. 5million Naira. The three suspects operating in a gulf car were accosted by a taxi driver at about 4pm along the Murtala
by crossriverwatch admin Heavy rainstorm on Saturday worsened the woes of Bedia Secondary Commercial School, the only government commercial secondary school in the entire Obudu Local Government Area. Structures in the school had already broken down completely and become inhabitable for pupils due to neglect occasioned by the handing over of the school by the
by crossriverwatch admin The Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT, Cross River State Chapter on Monday suspended its strike action over the non-implementation of the 27.5 per cent Teachers Specific Allowance by the government. A statement signed by the union’s chairman, Comrade Eyo Nsa Itam and its secretary, Comrade Livinus Omini said following the resumption of
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by crossriverwatch admin Hundreds of heavily armed police drafted from formations around Calabar, the Cross River State capital on Monday barricaded the main gate and other entrances to the University of Calabar to stop members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU from carrying out a planned city walk. The police, led by an