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Lawmaker Pays 2 Million Naira Bursary To 400 Ogoja Students

By CrossRiverWatch admin The member representing Ogoja in the Cross River State House of Assembly, Hon. Peter Odey, Saturday, paid bursary to over 400 students from his constituency, non indigenes inclusive. The bursary payment which held at the Ogoja council secretariat saw students of Hausa, Yoruba and Igbo origin also benefitting from the bursary largesse.

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Cross River Commissioner Of Education Inaugurates State Universal Basic Education Board

By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Cross River State Ministry of Education has inaugurated a new board to pilot the affairs of the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB). The five member board has Dr. Stephen Odey as Chairman, Mrs. Nancy Awukam, Board Member 1, Mr. Inyang Nyong Okon, Board Member 2, Mrs. Juliana Nkpe Bisong, Board

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I Met A Dead Board, Ghost Workers, Unproductive Directors On Resumption – Cross River SUBEB Chairman

By Our Reporter The Executive Chairman, Cross River State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Dr. Stephen Odey has disclosed that upon resumption of office, he met a dead edifice, dormant and comatose board, identified 34 ghost workers and transferred 37 unproductive directors and senior staff. He made the revelation recently while speaking with CrossRiverWatch in

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UNICAL Post Graduate Students Association Inaugurates New Executives

By Uduak Pepple The University of Calabar chapter of the post graduate students of Cross River State origin, recently held their inauguration and swearing in of the newly elected executives to pilot the affairs of the union for the 2015/2016 academic session. The ceremony attracted students of the association, stakeholders from the post graduate students

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The Senseless-Ness Of Ayade’s Proposed University Of Agriculture BY PETER OGAR IKIBUNIM

There is this saying “jack of all trade, master of none.” This has been the case in Cross River state. The policy “direction less-ness” of the Cross River state government. The Cross River state educational sector has consistently been fundamentally misdirected, suffering mostly from misleads of our poorly considered educational policy especially in this present

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Ayade’s Media Aide Billed For Next CrossRiverWatch Capacity Building Training

By Our Reporter Emmanuel Ulayi, seasoned journalist and Media aide to Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State, will be the next guest instructor at the fourth edition of CrossRiverWatch capacity building training. Ulayi who started his journalism career in the year 2000 in the then National Interest Newspaper and a former staff of Vanguard

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UNICAL Gets New VC, Promises Improved IGR

By Aplefe Ojong The new Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar, Professor Zana Itiunbe Akpagu has said that his administration as the VC of UNICAL will be fully committed towards an aggressive pursuit of Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) for the University. Professor Akpagu who stated this during his formal inauguration by Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu,

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College Of Education Union Leaders Charged To Curb Illegitimate Activities On Campus

By Archibong Jeremiah Students’ Union leaders in Cross River State College of Education Akamkpa (CRSCOEA) have been encouraged to join in curbing all forms of wrong doings existing in their campus as well aslearn how to be better leaders. The charge was given by Victoria Ene-Okon, Esq. a lawyer with Basic Rights Counsel Calabar during

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