By Jonathan Ugbal Listen To The Report A High Court of Cross River State presided over by Justice Bassey Ebute has failed to deliver judgment in a suit seeking community interpretation of relevant sections of the Cross River Universal Basic Education Law, 2006 which provide for compulsory, free basic education. This is the second time
By Jonathan Ugbal Listen To The Report Justice Bassey Ebuta of the High Court of Cross River State on Thursday failed to deliver judgment in a suit seeking to determine whether the collection of fees and levies from pupils in basic education classes at public-owned institutions in the State is wrong as enshrined in the
By News Agency of Nigeria, NAN Listen To The Report The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved N964 million for the provision of satellite-based education system equipment in three primary schools in each of the 36 States of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. Information and Culture Minister, Lai Mohammed, revealed this at
By Anietie Akpan, The Guardian Newspaper Listen To The Report Over 200 demoted engineering students of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) have dragged the university and five others to court, claiming over N500 million as general damages and special expenses for breach of trust and others. Idiong Ekpedeme, Victor Agbontaem and Peter Abasiekong Stephens instituted
By Patrick Obia Listen To The Report The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, Cross River State chapter on Thursday, June 2, 2022, in Calabar, staged another peaceful protest against the 108 days long strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. The peaceful protest is to express the students’ displeasure with the industrial
By Patrick Obia Listen To The Reporter Stakeholders in the academia have called for increased support for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education in Cross River State, describing it as the hope for the future. The call was made at the presentation of two scientific books authored by Mr. Kingsley Edem at the Transcorp
By Jonathan Ugbal Listen To The Report A High Court of Cross River, presided over by Justice Bassey Ebuta failed to hear the case instituted by journalist cum rights activist, Citizen Agba Jalingo against the State Government for the continuous collection of levies and fees from pupils and students in public Primary and Junior Secondary
By The Guardian Newspaper Listen To The Report As the second round of an eight-week warning strike by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, comes to an end today, the union is preparing to announce an indefinite strike. The second round of the warning was declared by ASUU after a meeting of