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
By Aplefe Ojong The management of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) has suspended a lecturer in the Department of Philosophy of the institution, Mr. Joseph Odok less than three months after he was recalled from a previous suspension. This was contained in a letter sighted by CrossRiverWatch and addressed to Mr. Odok which accused Mr.
By Archibong Jeremiah Miss Alobi Gladys, Cross River University of Technology, CRUTECH student, who has been suffering from low platelet concentrate has given up the ghost. The 26 years old passed on in the early hours of Saturday 20th January, 2018 in her village, Okuni, Ikom LGA, Cross River State. She passed on two days
By Our Reporter An Associate Professor and Lecturer in the department of Linguistics of the University of Calabar (UNICAL), Mensah Eyo and five students are to be tried in court over an alleged certificate forgery allegation. This was contained in a letter sent to the Vice Chancellor of the University, Prof. Zana Akpagu by the