By CrossRiverWatch Admin An unknown appointee of the Cross River State Government is currently in police custody for allegedly attempting to defraud unsuspecting citizens with fake contract documents valued at NGN135 million a statement from the state’s universal basic education board (CRSUBEB) says. The statement signed by the executive chairman, Dr. Stephen Odey described the
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Before we delve into the issues proper, it is imperative we know what a library is and its types. A Library according to Merriam Webster dictionary refers to a place where books, magazines, and other materials such as videos, musical recordings, are available for people to use or borrow. There are basically
By Elijah Ugani: Health Correspondent The Cross River State School of Nursing and Midwifery in Ogoja has been awarded full accreditation by the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria a statement from the state’s ministry of health says. This is the first time the state is achieving such a feat as the commissioner for health,
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Follow @crossriverwatch The Nigerian senate has read for the first time, a bill to establish the Federal Polytechnic, Akpabuyo. The bill sponsored by the Senator representing the southern senatorial district of Cross River State, Gershom Bassey is expected to be given expedited action on the floor soon after the Easter break by
By Ogar Monday Follow @ogar_monday The University of Calabar has concluded plans to adopt the four (4) point grading system from the current 2017/2018 which will see it stop the issuance of pass degrees in the institution says the Director of Academic Planning, Dr. Donald Enu. This was contained in an internal memo signed by
By Isek Violet And Lucky Edem The Bridge Leadership Foundation (TBLF) in collaboration with Care Mentors Innovation Networks (CMIN) has put together “Out of School Children Community Project” targeting to send 600 (Primary and Secondary) school children in Akpabuyo and Bakassi LGAs back to school. The project will do so in three batches of two
By Jonathan Ugbal Federal legislator, Mr. Jarigbe Agom has constituted a 8 man committee to identify eligible students from his Ogoja/Yala federal constituency to be awarded bursaries. The committee has Mr. Leo Aggrey, a lawyer as its chairman while Mr. Isaac Okpokpo is to serve as secretary. The other six members include Mr. Hans Ori,
By Ogar Monday Stakeholders, working with children, women and vulnerable persons have asked the Cross River State Government to come up with a policy that will provide free health services for survivors of sexual exploitation and abuse. The request was made at a meeting on the causes, effects, experiences of, and responses to sexual exploitation