By Blessing Ekong Listen To The Report Sequel to the Academic Staff Union of Universities, (ASUU) extended eight weeks of strike and the recent Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Education and Associated Institutions (NASU) strike, the management of the University of Calabar, UNICAL, has asked students to
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Listen To The Report Sergeant Okoi Otu, Sergeant Vincent Ayade, and four others are currently in Police custody for allegedly stealing tiles from the Canadian University Obudu in Cross River State. According to an insider, there had been several complaints about missing materials from the institute which led authorities to set a
By Sylvia Akpan Listen To The Report A yet-to-be-identified transport enforcement team of the Cross River State Government has been caught on tape manhandling a taxi driver. The incident according to a video shared by News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, Correspondent, George Odok on Facebook happened along Ndidem Usang Iso Road, directly opposite the Calabar
By Monday Ogar and Sylvia Akpan Listen To The Article The Cross River Traditional Rulers Council have thrown their weight behind the fight against ritual killings and witchcraft branding, killing, and abandonment. The traditional rulers in a statement issued recently under the aegis of the Cross River Initiative for Peace, Conflict Resolution and Empowerment, an
By Ogar Monday Listen to The Article An unidentified officer of Nigeria’s Vehicle Inspection Agency, VIO in Cross River State has been asked to replace a vehicle’s windscreen he destroyed. The officer, CrossRiverWatch understands, was on duty at Obubra, on the ever-busy Ikom-Calabar highway when the incident happened. Elijah Ugani, a journalist who posted the
By Helen Ubong Listen To The Report The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Education and Associated Institutions, NASU, have declared a two-week warning strike action. This was contained in a circular of the Joint Action Committee of NASU and SSANU signed by the National President of SSANU,
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Listen To The Report The House of Representatives Committee on Public Relations has summoned Prof. Florence Obi, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Calabar to respond to a petition by some staff of the university. The summon was contained in a letter seen by CrossRiverWatch and signed by the Chairman of the Committee,
By Patrick Obia Listen To The Report The Cross River State Civil Service headquarters in Calabar is currently under lock and key as 1800 civil servants employed four years ago are protesting over unpaid salaries. The protesters in their numbers barricaded the entrances of the secretariat and chanted solidarity songs with leaves saying they are