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Arthur Jarvis University Appoints Jedy Agba As BOT Chairman

By Victoria Effiong The Arthur Jarvis University, Akpabuyo has appointed Nigeria’s minister for state, power, Prince Goddy Jedy Agba as the Chairman 9f it’s Board of Trustees. The appointment was conveyed in a letter to the Obudu born prince by the Chancellor of the Varsity, Sir Arthur Jarvis Archibong which said Agba’s appointment was after

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UNICAL Decries, Talks Tough On Sorting, Sex For Grades

By Patrick Obia The management of University of Calabar (UNICAL) has lamented what it described as “obnoxious and abhorrable” acts of sorting, extortions and sexual harassments going on in the institution by lecturers. Sorting refers to payments for grades. And, following widespread claims that students are relying on sorting to pass while lecturers extort monies

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INSECURITY: Police, UNICROSS Talk Tough After Gang Violence In Awi

By Patrick Obia The Cross River Police command has warned gangs and hoodlums in the State against acts that will create panic and chaos. The command said it has received intelligence of a planned invasion by gangstars and hoodlums masquerading as gang members to wreak havoc. Some gangsters had infiltrated Awi in Akamkpa Local Government

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ICYMI: UNICAL Expels Two, Suspend One, Gives Automatic Carry Over To Another Over Misconduct

By Patrick Obia The management of University of Calabar (UNICAL), have expelled two students, Gift Adalikwu and Cordelia Obongha; suspend Oyama Peter Bassey and hand automatic carry over to Nsa Bassey Ekpenyong, over various degrees of misconducts. The Vice Chancellor of the Varsity, Prof. Florence Banku Obi, acted on the report of the Institution’s Examination

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Benson Idahosa University Honors Jedy-Agba With Doctorate Degree In Public Administration

By Patrick Obia Cross River born Minister of State for Power, Prince Goddy Jedy-Agba, on Saturday, bagged a Doctorate Degree in Public Administration. The Honorary Degree conferred on him by the Benson Idahosa University, BIU, Benin City, Edo State during it’s 16th convocation ceremony of the varsity held at the University Legacy campus. In a

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1 Billion Naira Fraud: We Stand By Our Story, See You In Court – WikkiTimes To Dogara

By CrossRiverWatch Admin An online news platform WikkiTimes has insisted that, its story detailing how the former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara and the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) squandered a N1 Billion constituency project is true, accurate and credible. The investigation revealed how N1 Billion constituency projects nominated by the former

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How FCT Area Council Public Library Is Left To Rot Despite Students Needing One

By  Nathaniel Bivan, HumAngle Fourteen-year-old Uchenna Amarachi, a second-year student at Junior Secondary School (JSS) Kayarda, has never used a library though she lives about a kilometre away from one — or what is supposed to be the Kuje public library/ICT centre. Amarachi lives at Unguwar Gede, a settlement within Kuje Area Council in Nigeria’s

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Ford Moses: Students Mourn As UNICROSS Graduand Killed, To Be Buried Today

By Ushang Ewa Nkasi Ford Moses, a graduate of the University of Cross River State (UNICROSS, formerly Cross River University of Technology) who lost his life after been stabbed on June 3, 2021 will be buried today. Ford, 27, a native of Igbo Ekureku in Abi Local Government Area of Cross River had returned to

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