By Obeten Godfrey The 31st convocation ceremony of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) earlier slated for Saturday, March 10, 2018 has been postponed a statement from the Varsity’s management says. The release dated March 6, 2018 and signed by the University Registrar, Mr. Moses Abang, said the postponement was due to “unforeseen circumstances.” However, these
By Violet Fanseh There are indications that the Cross River State Ministry of Education is persistent in the extortion of primary school pupils in the state despite claims by the State Universal Basic Education SUBEB, that basic education is free. CrossRiverWatch understands that though education is not officially free in the state, the pupils have
By Jonathan Ugbal Follow @NaijaJonathan The Cross River State government has issued a two week ultimatum to contractors in its universal basic education scheme to deliver on their jobs or risk investigation and possible prosecution by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). This was contained in a letter dated February 13, 2018 and signed
By Jonathan Ugbal Follow @NaijaJonathan Legal activist, Mr. Ferdinand Isa has dragged Nigerian Secret Police; the SSS to court over the February 2, 2017 invasion of a unity college in Calabar, the Cross River State capital claiming NGN500 million in damages. Mr. Isa in a statement widely circulated on Friday lamented that the system wants
By Ogar Monday; House of Assembly Correspondent Follow @ogar_monday First term Assembly man, Mr. Hillary Bisong (PDP, Boki 1) has slammed the Cross River Ministry of Education over the state of the Library complex in Calabar, the state capital. Mr. Bisong said the ministry’s approach towards fixing the complex was against the tenets of the
By Ogar Monday: House of Assembly Correspondent Follow @ogar_monday The Cross River State Ministry of Education has budgeted the sum of NGN530 million for an item tagged “Expatriate Staff Upkeep” in its 2018 proposed spending. And, NGN2.5 million was budgeted for Teachers Training. The Commissioner for Education, Mr. Goddy Ettah disclosed this while defending the
By Frank Edima A lecturer in the department of history of the college of Education Akamkpa, Mr. Anthony Bissong has resigned citing corruption as the reason why. This was contained in a letter Mr. Bissong addressed to the Registrar of the College where he said that the college has “nosedived” into a “theatre of absurdities”
By Benson Ukam The Managing Director of Daivd Flyn Nigeria Limited (DFL), Engr. Patrick William O’Brien, an Irish contractor has bagged an award of excellence for his financial support to students as well as training of undergraduates from the Civil Engineering department of Cross River University of Technology, (CRUTECH) through the compulsory Industrial Training program.