By Jonathan Ugbal The management of the University of Calabar have blamed the drastic shortfall in the February 2017 salaries paid to staff of the institution on the reduction in allocation from the federal government. The Bursar of the institution, Beatrice Igwe disclosed this in a memo dated March 1, 2017 and signed by her
It was Roy T. Bennett who said “Leaders are limited by their vision rather than by their abilities.” The first step towards creating the future that we desire is seeing a vision of that future. Vision according to the Oxford Dictionary is the faculty or state of being able to see, the ability to think
By Ogar Monday Stakeholders have called for the scrapping of the State Independent Electoral Commissions (SIECs) as they are merely stooges in the hands of the Governors. This took centre stage alongside the creation of Ogoja state at the public hearing of the constitutional and electoral review committee of the federal government held Wednesday in
The university as a center of learning and research and a microcosm of the society must be exemplary and set standards for the larger society even as it strives to build the leaders of tomorrow. This is the philosophy which the new Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar, Prof. Zana Akpagu is driven by
By Itiunbe Atunka and Ushang Ewa Unknown Gunmen struck again in Obudu, kidnapping a hotelier and owner of ‘Valley of Beracah’ hotels, George Imanyi Wednesday night CrossRiverWatch authoritatively reports. This is the third kidnap in four weeks and the eight person to be kidnapped since 2015 when the first abduction case was reported with a
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade says he will celebrate his 49th birthday with the Internally Displaced Persons in Bakassi local government area of the state. As at press time, Ayade was still in Abuja where he left Calabar for, on Tuesday but a memo circulated by his Chief
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Nigerian Senate has confirmed Justice Walter Onnoghen as the substantive Chief Justice of Nigeria. This comes after months of boat rocking over his appointment in acting capacity on November 10, 2016 by Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari. Onnoghen’s acting tenure elapsed on February 10, 2017 but was renominated by the National Judicial
By Jonathan Ugbal Efforts by Nigeria’s acting President, Professor Yemi Osibanjo to quell the issues between warring communities in Akwa Ibom and Cross River States as well as Cross River and Ebonyi states may have been in vain as the three state governors stormed out of the villa wearing long faces after a meeting. Governors