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As Students Resume, UNICAL VC Inspect Projects

By CrossRiverWatch  Admin  As students of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) resume from the election break, Prof. Florence Obi, Vice-Chancellor of the institution has embarked on inspection of new projects embarked on by the school management, this according to reports, is to ensure contractual compliance and standards. According to a post made on Facebook by George

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NGO Supports Pupils In Odukpani And Yakurr LGAs

By CrossRiverWatch Admin A non-profit organization, Val Orphanage, and Educational Foundation have donated educational materials and financial assistance to over 300 pupils in four primary schools in two local government areas of Cross River State. The two days educational intervention project was held in three primary schools in Odukpani LGA and one in Ekori, Yakurr

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UNICROSS Ogoja Campus Gets Skills Acquisition Center

By Etido Okon The Vice Chancellor of the University of Cross River State, Prof. Augustine Angba has set up a skills acquisition center in the Faculty of Management Science, Ogoja Campus.  The initiative was pioneered by the University’s Director of Entrepreneur, Dr. Patrick Ushie, and will be overseen by Dr. Cassius Ogar of the Department

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Suspect In Custody Over Dead UNICAL Don Found In His Apartment With Multiple Stabs – PPRO

By Ike Uchechukwu, Vanguard Newspaper A professor of Political Science at the University of Calabar, UNICAL, Prof. Felix Akpan has been found dead with multiple stabs at his 181 Duke Town close residence, behind Mega Hilton Hotel, Calabar the Cross River state capital. Sources who pleaded anonymity told Vanguard Newspaper that Prof. Akpan, a former

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NGO Distributes Textbooks, Sandals, School Bags To Pupils In Calabar

By Ogar Monday An organization, Sweetest Kiddies Empire, has distributed thousands of textbooks to students of some public primary schools in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. The outreach, which was held at Idang Government Primary School, Calabar South, and the Salvation Army Primary School, is part of the organization’s effort to ameliorate the sufferings

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SSS Invites Comedian, Koboko After Video Criticizing UNICAL Management Over Student’s Death Goes Viral

By Jonathan Ugbal Cross River-based comedian, Isaac Joseph popularly known as Koboko has said Nigeria’s secret police, the SSS invited him for what he suspects to be linked to his video criticizing the Nigerian University system after the death of Ms. Precious Agindi, a 300 Level Library and Information Science student of the University of

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Court Adjourns FG, ASUU Suit Until March 28 For Ruling

By Deborah Tolu-Kolawole and Esther Blankson, The Punch Newspaper The National Industrial Court on Tuesday adjourned the Federal government suit against the Academic Staff Union of Universities until March 28 for ruling. The claimants, the Federal Government and the Minister of Education, had dragged ASUU before the court in August 2022 over the then strike,

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UNICROSS Student Death: Management Appeal For Calm 

By Patrick Obia Following the death of a 400-level student of Computer Science, University of Cross River State (UNICROSS) by suspected operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) on Thursday 9 February 2023, management of the institution has appealed for “sustain calm and peace on campus.” The varsity made the appeal in circular number

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