By Our Reporter The National Industrial Court of Nigeria, sitting in Calabar has adjourned to 5th of May 2016 for further hearing of the suit filed by the suspended Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Calabar, Prof. Cyril Osim Ndifon against the University. The case which came up on the 12th day of
By CrossRiverWatch admin The Management of the University of Calabar (UNICAL), has expelled 33 students and retired a Professor for alleged examination malpractices and plagiarism respectively. The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Zana Akpagu, disclosed this during a briefing in Calabar while stressed that UNICAL was the only institution offering an anti-corruption course introduced in collaboration with the
By Archibong Jeremiah Members of Prevent Abuse of Children Today, Safe Child Africa and Basic Rights Counsel Initiative joined the rest of the world to mark the International Day for Street Children in Calabar Cross River State. Speaking on behalf of the organizers, Mrs. Eseh-Ogene Ibor, Chairman Basic Rights Council Initiative revealed that they are
By Jonathan Ugbal; Government House Correspondent The Cross River State Government has announced a partnership with Lafarge Africa, which now operates UNICEM for the construction of affordable homes for the displaced people of Bakassi Peninsula. This follows nearly a decade of reported neglect and abandonment after the Peninsula was ceded to Cameroun by an ICJ
By Ushang Ewa The local government caucuses of the PDP in the Northern and Central senatorial districts have begun preparations for the forthcoming congresses of the party with the Northern caucus endorsing incumbent governor Ben Ayade for a second term trusted sources told CrossRiverWatch. CrossRiverWatch also gathered from reliable sources that Ayade is planning a
By CrossRiverWatch admin Two officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC have been confirmed dead after there were shot by an armed policeman in Calabar and are now in the morgue CrossRiverWatch can report authoritatively. CrossRiverWatch gathered that some armed policemen yesterday at about 7pm mounted a road block just by the
By Paulyne Eba and Ojong Agbor The Cross River State Government is more determined to work closely with the management of the Calabar Export Free Trade Zone (CFTZ) on how best to enforce compliance to its statutory internally generated revenue charges on operations in the trade zone. Speaking while addressing the management of the CFTZ
By CrossRiverWatch admin On April 9, 2016, the Governor of Cross River State, Senator Benedict Ayade and his Deputy, Prof. Ivara Esu, the SSG, Barrsiter Tina Agbor and other members of the State Executive Council attended the wedding of the Cross River State Chief Judge’s daughter, Komomo Okoi Itam, as she tied the nuptial knot