By Channels TV Tuesday’s meeting between the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Federal Government has again ended without an agreement. This means the six-month-old strike by public university lecturers is set to continue. The striking lecturers had met with the Professor Nimi Briggs Committee on Tuesday at the National
By Odinaka Anudu & Okechukwu Nnodim, Punch Newspaper The Federal Government has promised to include the security of schools in the 2023 budget. Speaking at the safe-school summit organized by the Emergency Coordination Center in Abuja, the Minister of Finance, Budget, and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, said, “In the 2023 budget, we will make sure
By Sylvia Akpan Listen To The Report The Cross River State Deputy Governor, Prof. Ivara Ejemot Esu has declared open a six-day workshop for Principals of Public and Private Secondary Schools in the State with the theme “Rapid Revitalization of Secondary Education.” The weeklong workshop is organized by the State Teachers Continuous Training Institute in
By Patrick Obia Listen To The Report The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has extended its five months warning strike by four weeks. President of ASUU, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke made this known in a statement on Monday, saying the decision was to give enough room to the government to yield to the Union’s demands.
Listen To The Article The life of Dr. Justin Udie is an inspiration to a lot of Nigerian youths globally. And, on the occasion of his 4oth birthday anniversary, there is a need to chronicle a brief profile of the native of Kakum in Obudu Local Government Area of Cross River State. Born in his
By Jonathan Ugbal Listen To The Report The Nigerian Labor Congress, NLC in Cross River State has joined its members across the country to protest the unwillingness of the Federal Government to end the ongoing strike of Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU; Colleges of Education Academic Staff
By Jonathan Ugbal Listen To The Report Men of the Nigeria Police Force and Nigeria’s secret police, the SSS, are currently on a manhunt for the abductors of a student of the Arthur Jarvis University in Akpabuyo Local Government Area of Cross River State, sources say. Two students, unnamed, were abducted on Tuesday night while
By Ogar Monday and Desire Beshel Listen To The Report One of Cross River State’s prestigious citadel of learning, Chilion International Secondary School has held its 2022 graduation ceremony. Speaking at the event held within the school premises in Ikot-Enebong, 8 Miles, the Principal, Mr. Clement Oto-Obong said the school has molded the graduating students