By Patrick Obia 50 students, from 10 secondary schools in Cross River State, on Tuesday , benefited from the 2021/2022 Teacher Essien Ita Education Foundation scholarship scheme. The foundation, set up eight years ago in honor of Esien Ita Itam, father of retired Director General of the State Security Services (SSS), Ekpenyong Essien Ita Jr,
By Patrick Obia In Cross River State’s 2019 budget, over N145 million was earmarked for new classrooms at PCN Primary School Ikot Ishie in Calabar Municipality while more than 7 million was budgeted for a motorised borehole in the school under the model school project of the State. The contracts were eventually awarded through the
By Patrick Obia Edgerley Memorial Girls Secondary School Calabar has named a sport house after the late Mrs. Temitope Ekpenyong Ita. Late Temitope was the wife of Mr. Ita Ekpenyong, retired Director General of the State Security Service (SSS), now Department of State Services (DSS). She was called to yonder in March 2019 after a
By Patrick Obia Atycare Initiative, a non-profit organization in a bid to touch the lives of 1,000 pupils in Cross River and beyond, has taken its outreach to St. Patrick’s primary school, Adiabo Ikot Mbo-Otu, Odukpani Local Government Area of the State. The project – Impact 1,000 School Children Campaign is a monthly exercise carried
By Patrick Obia There is disquiet in the University of Cross River State (UNICROSS) as the National Universities Commission, (NUC) has issued a December 5, 2021 deadline for management to fix the studios of the Department of Mass Communication or lose accreditation. This less than a year after the institution changed its name from the
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Margaret Alfred Ekanem, 22, a final year English and Literary Studies’ student of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) has said that her project which focused on researching selective discussions on a radio program hosted by Ralph “Fresh R” Udofa. Fresh R hosts the late night sail on Hit 95.9 FM Calabar which
By Sylvia Felix Students of the University of Cross River State (UNICROSS) were last week enjoined to discard campaigns by anti-vaxxers and get vaccinated against the COVID-19 pandemic which has ravaged the globe. The Severe Anti-Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 was first discovered in Wuhan, China in 2019 and has since gone on to infect over
By Sylvia Felix And Glorita Agba The Management of University of Calabar (UNICAL) has relieved Prof. Obeten Ekabua as the Head of Department of Computer Science in the institution. The Vice Chancellor, Prof. Florence Obi gave the approval with immediate effect after Prof. Obeten was alleged to have extort students in his department. A memo