By Patrick Obia As the call for the release of comrade Agba Jalingo, a “prisoner of conscience” continue from the looks and crannies of the country and beyond, the leadership of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has called for his immediate release from unlawful detention. Public Relations Officer of NANS, Comrade Azeez Adeyemi,
By CrossRiverWatch Admin As a policy, the federal government makes private companies to cough out education tax for the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), which was set up to address the infrastructural challenge in public tertiary institutions across the country. In accordance with the provisions of the TETFund Act 2011, registered companies in Nigeria are imposed
By Edem Edem A Primary School pupil of Great Star Nursery and Primary School situated at Idang Street, named Christian, has drown in the swampy river near the Ibesikpo Street by Ambo Street in Calabar South local government area of Cross River. The incident occurred when the victim was allegedly sent to go and fetch
By Our Reporter The Cross River University of Technology (CRUTECH) Alumni Association at a national convention held in Ugep, Yakur Local Government Area of the State elected two Special Assistants of Governor Ben Ayade and others as as National Executives Council members to run the association in the next four years. The Governor’s aides are
The award winning Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar, Prof. Zana Akpagu was four years into his five years tenure on the 30th of November 2019. He assumed office formally as the 10th and first Alumnus Vice Chancellor of the University on the 30th November 2015. Unarguably, UNICAL, a 2nd generation University has had
By Patrick Obia And Kevin Ololo The Cross River State House of Assembly has ended a one day public hearing on the bill seeking to change State owned university (Cross River University of Technology, CRUTECH) to a conventional institution. It is hoped that come January 2020, the process would have been completed. At the public
By Patrick Obia The outgoing Ag. Vice Chancellor of Cross River University of Technology (CRUTECH) Prof. Akon Joshua, has said the future of the university will start as she hands over officially to the newly appointed Ag. Vice Chancellor of the varsity, Prof. Ogar, David Abua. The exercise which took place in the institution’s Senate
By Patrick Obia The Governor of Cross River State, Sen. Ben Ayade has dared the Academic Staff Union of Universities CRUTECH branch, by appointing new Acting Vice Chancellor (Prof. Ogar David) of the university from University of Calabar (UNICAL) against the Union’s insistence that the new Acting Vice Chancellor should come from the list of