By CrossRiverWatch Admin Men of the Security Unit of the University of Calabar have arrested one Ikezue Kingsley Nnadi, a 400-level student of the Faculty of Medicine for alleged gang related activities and illegal possession of firearm. The Chief Security Officer of the institution (CSO), Jarlath Abang who paraded the suspect said he was arrested
By Patrick Obia The management of Cross River University of Technology (CRUTECH) has postponed the first semester’s examinations that was scheduled to hold on June 3rd, 2019 to two weeks as well as resumption of second semester. This was contained in a circular released Thursday which the varsity authority said it is to enable students
By Patrick Obia Following the recent protest against the “No Fees No Exams” policy by the students of Cross River University of Technology, on Monday 3rd June 2019, the management has suspended the examinations indefinitely. The students had on Monday morning took out to protest against the Management’s decision which some said the policy is
By Patrick Obia Major entrances to the Calabar Campus of the Cross River University Of Technology are currently shut due to a protest by some students against the management’s ‘no fees no exams’ policy. The protest began hours ago after a few disgruntled students who were prevented from entering the examinations hall ran riot and
By CrossRiverWatch Admun The Cross River University of Technology (CRUTECH) has implemented a “No Fee, No Exam” policy as the institution cries for support from Stakeholders. In a Press Release made available to our newsroom, signed by the Acting Vice Chancellor, Prof. Joshua M. Akon the resolve was made by the management recently. The release
By Our Reporter The Cross River State Universal Basic Education Board (CR-SUBEB) has once again escaped the hands of fraudsters after an attempt to defraud the Board’s UBE Matching Grant account of N1.3billion was recently uncovered by the outgoing Chairman, Dr. Stephen Odey. The suspect who claimed to be Prof. Ofeimun forged the signature of
By CrossRiverWatch Admin From over 11,000 applications, the US Embassy in Nigeria has selected three (3) young leaders from Cross River State to represent Nigeria, as part of fifty-six (56) delegates to the Mandela Washington Fellowship from June 17 to August 1, 2019. The fellows are Timothy Undiandeye, Hannah Bassey Essien, and Ako Eyo Oku.
By Jonathan Ugbal The wife of Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State, Dr. Linda Ayade on Monday cautioned youths against indulging in substance abuse during an interactive session with secondary school students as part of activities to mark the 2019 edition of the Children’s Day celebration. The session had students from four secondary schools;