By Eme Offiong, Voice of Nigeria Over 300 indigent students across public tertiary institutions in Nigeria will be beneficiaries of the 2023 Cross River State Tertiary Education Scholarship Award. The Director General of the Cross River Scholarship Board, Ms. Nuela Anyin during an interview with Voice of Nigeria in Calabar, the capital of the southern
By Judex Okoro, The Sun Newspaper The former Director-General of the Department of State Security (DSS), Dr. Ita Ekpeyong, has granted scholarships to 50 indigent students across 10 schools in Southern Senatorial District of Cross River. Ekpenyong, through his wife, Temitope Ekpeyong, set up a trust fund for students in the Southern Senatorial District. Mrs.
By Abdul Seye, Daily Post The Public Account Committee of the House of Representatives has indicted the management of some universities in Nigeria for failing to render audited reports. Some of the schools indicted include; the University of Calabar, Federal University of Technology Owerri, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, and the University of Agriculture, Makurdi.
By Deborah Tolu-Kolawole The Federal Government on Monday said it has increased the number of disciplines in the Nigerian University System to 17. This was made known in a breakdown of the disciplines exclusively obtained by The Punch in Abuja on Monday. The Punch had earlier reported that the government, through the National Universities Commission
By Patrick Obia The management of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) has announced Friday, December 2nd, 2022 for the 44th matriculation ceremony of the institution. This was contained in a memo with reference number UC/REG/CIR/64 and signed by Registrar, Gabriel O. Egbe mandating Faculty Officers to ensure matriculating students start the procession at 8:30 am
By Mark Itsibor, Leadership Newspaper Acting Accountant-General of the Federation, Mr. Sylva Okolieaboh has inaugurated a Joint Committee to address the peculiarities of Nigerian universities in the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS). The Joint Committee comprises representatives of the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation (OAGF) and the Academic Staff Union
By Richard Ndoma, Leadership Newspaper Cross River State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) has begun the execution of 32 new projects in public schools across the three senatorial districts of the State. The State SUBEB Chairman, Senator Stephen Odey, disclosed this in Calabar on Thursday during an interaction with journalists. Odey stated that the projects
By Joseph Erunke, Vanguard Newspaper THE Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, ended its National Executive Committee, NEC, meeting late Monday (yesterday), with a resolution not to embark on another strike action over the payment of half salaries to members by the Federal Government. However, the union, according to Vanguard source, resolved to wait for