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
By Patrick Obia The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Cross River University of Technology, (CRUTECH) Branch, has given the Government of Cross River State three days ultimatum to appoint Vice Chancellor of the State owned university or face strike action. This was disclosed by the varsity ASUU Chairman, Comrade Emmanuel Ettah, in an interactive
When I think of this course, I imagine 1,000 McDonald’s double cheeseburgers in America; 76 premier league tickets in England; two pet kangaroos in Australia; and 5,000sqm of land in Nigeria. All of these can be bought with 2,200 American dollars, the same amount required to take a Public Narrative course at Harvard Kennedy School’s