By News Agency of Nigeria The Cross River State Ministry of Health has donated COVID-19 items to the University of Calabar COVID-19 Task Force to assist the university in the prevention and management of the pandemic on campus. This is ahead of resumption, Friday, 5 February 2021, for academic activities. The State Commissioner for Health,
By Patrick Obia Students of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) and the Cross River University of Technology (CRUTECH) may resume school after staying at home for over 300 days to write exams sooner than they expected. Academic activities were shut down in both varsities since March 2020 first, for an industrial action by the Academic
By Patrick Obia Team Direct Current (DC) Solar Stove has emerged winner of the 2020 Hult Prize Cross River University of Technology (CRUTECH) challenge in Calabar, the State capital. Hult Prize, a foundation geared towards transforming how young people envision their own possibilities as leaders of change in the world around them. With a US$1,000,000
By Patrick Obia Hult Prize Foundation is set to stage 2020 challenge in Calabar, the Cross River State Capital. Hult Prize, a foundation is geared towards transforming how young people envision their own possibilities as leaders of change in the world around them. With a US$1,000,000 global startup prize as its anchor activity, Hult Prize
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Professor Florence Obi has assumed office as the 11th Vice Chancellor (VC) of the University of Calabar (UNICAL), Calabar. Professor Obi emerged VC elect on September 10, 2020 beating 12 other contestants. A professor of special needs education, She is the first female VC of the institution since its establishment 45 years
By Ushang Ewa Amidst fears that there may be a surge in the number of out of school children due to harsh economic realities occasioned by the SARS-CoV-2, 50 students from 10 different secondary schools in Cross River State are set to benefit from a scholarship scheme. The students, according to the Teacher Essien Ita
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Barring any hitches and in a bid to entrench professionalism as well as teach new media trends in a world combating yellow journalism and fake news, an Institute of Online Journalism (IOJ) will kick off in January 2021 says the Vice Chancellor of the Arthur Jarvis University, Professor Ani Nkang, Thursday in
By Patrick Obia National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), has urged the Federal Government to waive out two academic session school fees for students. Members of NANS and the Students Union Government Presidents Forum in Cross River State, James Ogbe, made the call while speaking as a guest on Hit 95.9 FM regular Sunday program,