By Victory Anty And Anita Otu The University of Calabar (UNICAL) has scheduled August 20, 2024 as date for the post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (Post-UTME) for the 2024/2025 academic session. This comes after the registration portal opened on July 22, 2024, and closed August 13, 2024. To be eligible for the screening, candidates must have
By Favour Adinya The Management of the University of Cross River State has on Monday August 12, suspended the activities of the school’s Students Union Government (SUG), stating a perceived protest by students as a reason. But that is not the actual reason for the suspension. This CrossRiverWatch’s reporter digs deep on the root of
By Kate Itam, Winifred Michael And Fortune Erim The Management of the University of Cross River State (UNICROSS), has suspended all activities of the Students Union Government (SUG) in the school till further notice. The suspension was contained in a press release signed and issued by the Acting Vice Chancellor of the school, Professor Stephen
By Archibong Jeremiah This investigation reveals discrepancies between the payments made to Ijo Maritime Services Limited and the absence of tangible work being done. Visits to the locations and interviews with community members and local officials paint a picture of frustration and disappointment at the lack of progress on these critical projects. The mismanagement of
By Sylvia Akpan In a bid to protest the poor quality of education students receive and to demand instruction in their native languages, the Cross River State Ministry of Women Affairs, in collaboration with Save the Children International, set aside June 21, 2023, to celebrate the International Day of the African Child. The 2024 International
The new President of the Students Union Government SUG of the University of Calabar UNICAL, Blessing Alims, who has now made the record as the first-ever female SUG President of the school, 49 years after it was founded, is from Gakem, in Bekwarra LGA, Cross River State. She’s studying Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution with
By Sylvia Akpan, Government House Correspondent The Governor of Cross River State, Senator Bassey Otu, has committed to supporting the 130th anniversary of the Hope Waddell Training Institution in Calabar, Nigeria’s oldest educational institution, established in 1895. Governor Otu announced this through his Chief Press Secretary, NSA Gill, during a meeting with the executives of
By Mary Bassey Former Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), Chairman Cross River State chapter, Dr. Lawrence Ekwok has been appointed as the new acting head of Department of Mass Communication, University of Calabar (UNICAL). In a letter of appointment signed by the University Vice Chancellor, Prof. Florence Banku Obi, states that the appointment is for