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Cross River State Government Mandate Proprietors Of Private Schools To Pay N20,000 For Re-Accreditation Or Lose Their License

By Patrick Obia The Government of Cross River has mandated operators/owners of private schools in the State to pay a fee of N20,000 for re-accreditation – N5,000 for form while N15,000 as a fee. The directive which was contained in a circular with reference number MOE/QAD/1779/VOL.1, signed by Elder Emmanuel Agbor, Director/HOD Quality Assurance, on

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UNICAL SUG President Welcomes Students Back To Campus After ASUU Strike

By Mary Bassey The Students’ Union Government (SUG) of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) has extended a warm welcome to students after eight months strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). ASUU had on February 14, 2022, declared “total and comprehensive” strike and subsequently in August, an indefinite strike over the Federal Government’s

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UNICROSS Student Wins Cash Prize In Civil Engineering Competition

By Ogar Monday Abigail Wogor, Civil Engineering Student of the University of Cross River State, UNICROSS, has emerged 4th in the Nigerian Institution of Civil Engineers (NICE) eco-friendly engineering innovation challenge for students. The competition, according to the organizers is meant to challenge civil engineering undergraduates across Nigeria tertiary institutions “to research, design and present

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ASUU Agrees To Suspend Strike, Formal Announcement Imminent

By Qosim Suleiman, Premium Times The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has resolved to suspend its indefinite strike action. ASUU’s decision was taken at the National Executive Council, NEC, meeting of the union in Abuja early Friday. A formal announcement is expected to be made Friday morning. A member of ASUU-NEC who was at

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UNICAL VC, Florence Obi Appoints New Heads Of Departments 

By CrossRiverWatch Admin Prof. Florence Obi, the Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar has appointed new acting Heads of Departments (HODs) “to deliver on her mandate,” the school public relations unit announced. In the announcement made available to CrossRiverWatch,  the school said: “The latest appointment was conveyed in a letter dated October 6, 2022,

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National Assembly Summons UNICAL Vice Chancellor After Unpaid Employees Petition

By Patrick Obia Again, the House Committee on Public Petition of the House of Representatives, National Assembly has summoned the Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) Prof. Florence Obi to appear before the House over a petition filed against her by purported unpaid employees of the varsity. In a letter of notice addressed

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Appeal Court Orders ASUU To Resume Work Immediately

By Bolanle Olabimta, TheCable The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has ordered the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to call off its strike. At the court session on Friday, the appellate court said ASUU should obey the order of an industrial court which directed the suspension of the strike before seeking to appeal the

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We’re Not On Strike, Ready To Teach If Students Resume – CONUA

By Muawiya Shuaibu, Daily Trust Newspaper The National Coordinator, Congress of Nigerian Universities Academics (CONUA), Niyi Sunmonu has said that the members of the newly registered union are not on strike and will teach students if they are back to class. The federal government had on Tuesday formally registered two new university unions, the CONUA and

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