By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Government of Cross River State has suspended the illegal collection of levies from students by the Management of the College of Health Technology, Calabar. CrossRiverWatch had unearthed how the school was collecting unapproved levies from students; a report the school management refuted, however. The State Government through the Commissioner for Health,
By Sylvia Akpan In a bid to protest the poor quality of education students receive and to demand instruction in their native languages, the Cross River State Ministry of Women Affairs, in collaboration with Save the Children International, set aside June 21, 2023, to celebrate the International Day of the African Child. The 2024 International
The new President of the Students Union Government SUG of the University of Calabar UNICAL, Blessing Alims, who has now made the record as the first-ever female SUG President of the school, 49 years after it was founded, is from Gakem, in Bekwarra LGA, Cross River State. She’s studying Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution with
By Sylvia Akpan, Government House Correspondent The Governor of Cross River State, Senator Bassey Otu, has committed to supporting the 130th anniversary of the Hope Waddell Training Institution in Calabar, Nigeria’s oldest educational institution, established in 1895. Governor Otu announced this through his Chief Press Secretary, NSA Gill, during a meeting with the executives of
By Godwin Otang The chances of a cervical cancer free adulthood for teenage girls in Cross River State may have just improved following the conclusion of a vaccination round against the Human Papilloma Virus, HPV, which is a leading cause of the terminal illness. HPV infection is a viral infection that commonly causes skin or mucous
By Mary Bassey Former Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), Chairman Cross River State chapter, Dr. Lawrence Ekwok has been appointed as the new acting head of Department of Mass Communication, University of Calabar (UNICAL). In a letter of appointment signed by the University Vice Chancellor, Prof. Florence Banku Obi, states that the appointment is for
By Patrick Obia The Cross River State Command of the Nigeria Police Force has said efforts are in full force to rescue kidnapped University of Calabar, (UNICAL) lecturer Dr. Roland Ipuole who was abducted on Tuesday May 21, 2024. Dr. Roland Ipuole is a lecturer in the Faculty of Law, UNICAL. He alongside others were
By Godwin Otang Gender and Development Action (GADA) and the International Federation of Female Lawyers (FIDA) in a bid to straighten the rules guiding the Nigerian Universities environment have sought stringent measures from the Nigerian University Commission (NUC). The duo made the prayers in a suit against NUC, the University of Calabar (UNICAL); the Vice