By Jonathan Ugbal Follow @NaijaJonathan The Calabar Hospitality House has become the first training center in South South Nigeria to be certified by the Institute for Tourism Professionals (ITP) as a diploma awarding institution. The President of ITP, Chief Abiodun Odunsanwo who presented the certification plaque on Friday, in Calabar to the CHH team charged
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Graduate School of the University of Calabar has said that a suspended lecturer, Mr. Joseph Odok failed to meet the requirements for the award of a PhD. As part of the process of preparing students for convocation, the graduate school is compiling records of students who have met the requirements for
By Jonathan Ugbal Follow @NaijaJonathan Legal activist, Mr. Ferdinand Isa has dragged Nigerian Secret Police; the SSS to court over the February 2, 2017 invasion of a unity college in Calabar, the Cross River State capital claiming NGN500 million in damages. Mr. Isa in a statement widely circulated on Friday lamented that the system wants
By Ogar Monday; House of Assembly Correspondent Follow @ogar_monday First term Assembly man, Mr. Hillary Bisong (PDP, Boki 1) has slammed the Cross River Ministry of Education over the state of the Library complex in Calabar, the state capital. Mr. Bisong said the ministry’s approach towards fixing the complex was against the tenets of the
By Jonathan Ugbal Follow @NaijaJonathan< The Cross River State Government has announced the extension of the deadline for entries for the maiden Linda Ayade literary arts and Afi Ekong visual arts competitions. A statement from the Department of Creative and Knowledge Economy signed by the Head, Mr. Emmanuel Etim said the new deadline is February
By Ogar Monday: House of Assembly Correspondent Follow @ogar_monday The Cross River State Ministry of Education has budgeted the sum of NGN530 million for an item tagged “Expatriate Staff Upkeep” in its 2018 proposed spending. And, NGN2.5 million was budgeted for Teachers Training. The Commissioner for Education, Mr. Goddy Ettah disclosed this while defending the
By Jonathan Ugbal Follow @NaijaJonathan Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River has approved the sum of NGN1.2 billion counterpart fund to enable the state’s Universal Basic Education Board (CRSUBEB) access the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) grant for 2017. This was disclosed by the Executive Chairman of the Board, Dr. Stephen Odey, Thursday in Calabar
By Obeten Godfrey Obeten Emmanuel Enang has emerged President of the Central Senatorial Students Assembly (CENSSA), in an election in Ikom Local Government Area of Cross River State. Obeten who hails from Yakurr Local Government Area polled 49 votes to defeat his opponent; Enya Peter from Abi Local Government Area who polled 32 votes. Expressing