by crossriverwatch admin Cross River State Governor, Senator Liyel Imoke yesterday performed the ground breaking for the construction of the new Institute of Technology and Management in Ugep, Yakurr Local Government. The Institute, which is to be run by the Highbury College, Portsmouth, United Kingdom, will commence academic programs in October, the Governor disclosed. The
by crossriverwatcch admin The Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar, Professor James Epoke has said the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union Of Universities, ASUU has disrupted the academic calendar of the institution which was planned to end by September 2013. Epoke who spoke in an exclusive interview with CrossRiverWatch said the strike
by crossriverwatch admin A mild drama ensued at the Family Support Nursery and Primary School Calabar, Cross River State, on Thursday, as parents booed the Commissioner for Women Affairs, Mrs Edak Iwuchukwu, and staged a walk out on her. Iwuchukwu, whose ministry oversees the running of the school, was accused of arbitrarily hiking tuition without
by crossriverwatch admin An education activist, Dr. Raphael Ogar Oko has described the ongoing industrial action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, as inimical to the upbringing of Nigerian student s and has called on the Ministry of Education and the Nigerian University Commission, NUC, to resort to an alternative system of education
by crossriverwatch admin CrossRiverWatch has reliably gathered that the Cross River State Command of the Nigeria Police is under undue pressure from powerful sources in the State Government to abandon the ongoing certificate forgery investigation against the State Commissioner for Information, Chief. Akin Rickett. The State Criminal Investigation Department SCID, Diamond Hill had in March,
by crossriverwatch admin The ongoing seven days strike by the three unions of the University of Calabar over unpaid allowances has paralyzed academic and business activities in the University. When CrossRiverWatch visited the campus Monday, the few students who were seen around said there were returning home because “nothing is going on in campus as