By Patrick Obia Final-year students of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) have protested and disrupted ongoing examinations in some departments over their inability to register. The incident occurred on January 9th, 2023. The angry students alleged that they are unable to register for their exams through the school portal. Chanting solidarity songs, they demand the
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The management of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) has suspended four students in the institution who allegedly tortured a year-one female student during water initiation. The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Florence Banku Obi after a committee was set up to investigate the action of the undergraduates which was termed “unacceptable as it depicts human
The Nigeria Labour Congress duly informed the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, of the decision of the Ministry’s Office of the Registrar of Trade Unions to reject the four years audited reports of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Deborah Tolu-Kolawole of The Punch Newspaper reports. The Punch Newspaper reports that ASUU had accused the Federal
By Eme Offiong, Voice of Nigeria Over 300 indigent students across public tertiary institutions in Nigeria will be beneficiaries of the 2023 Cross River State Tertiary Education Scholarship Award. The Director General of the Cross River Scholarship Board, Ms. Nuela Anyin during an interview with Voice of Nigeria in Calabar, the capital of the southern
By Judex Okoro, The Sun Newspaper The former Director-General of the Department of State Security (DSS), Dr. Ita Ekpeyong, has granted scholarships to 50 indigent students across 10 schools in Southern Senatorial District of Cross River. Ekpenyong, through his wife, Temitope Ekpeyong, set up a trust fund for students in the Southern Senatorial District. Mrs.
By Etido Okon The foremost investigative media outfit in Cross River State, CrossRiverWatch has admitted a new set of Industrial Training (IT) students. As it is a tradition for higher institutions to send out students of various departments for industrial attachment to get practical experience as part of mandatory course fulfillment, the online media outlet
By Abdul Seye, Daily Post The Public Account Committee of the House of Representatives has indicted the management of some universities in Nigeria for failing to render audited reports. Some of the schools indicted include; the University of Calabar, Federal University of Technology Owerri, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, and the University of Agriculture, Makurdi.
By Deborah Tolu-Kolawole, Punch Newspape The National Examinations Council has expressed its readiness to root out incidents of examination malpractice in all its examinations by deploying officials of the Department of State Services and Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps to examination centers. In a statement made available to our correspondent on Monday, the Registrar