By Jonathan Ugbal The Cross River State Council of the Nigerian Labor Congress, NLC has voted to join the nationwide protests to draw attention to what the labor center describes as “the hardship being meted out to Nigerians by unfriendly, unpeopled Policies by the Federal Government.” This followed a resolution from the emergency State Executive
By Jonathan Ugbal Non-teaching staff of the College of Health Technology, COHTECH, Calabar on Thursday protested the forcible retirement of five of their colleagues by the Cross River Auditor General in what they say is a breach of the procedure. The staff marched round the campus chanting solidarity songs for about an hour before the
By Patrick Obia Calabar ad-hoc staff who sweeps the roads for the Calabar Urban Development Authority (CUDA) have yet again staged a peaceful protest over four (4) months of unpaid salaries, saying life has been difficult. The women in their numbers stormed the Governor’s Office, Calabar, on Tuesday 25 April, chanting solidarity and emotional songs
By Isaac Jarigbe and Etido Okon The Management of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) has suspended the second-semester examination that commenced on Monday 9 January 2023 to give students another opportunity to register for courses. Final-year students of the Department of Theater Art amongst others had staged a protest and disrupted the exams over the
By Patrick Obia Final-year students of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) have protested and disrupted ongoing examinations in some departments over their inability to register. The incident occurred on January 9th, 2023. The angry students alleged that they are unable to register for their exams through the school portal. Chanting solidarity songs, they demand the
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Listen To The Report Youths, women and men of Ikaptan community in Ogoja Local Government Area are currently protesting on the streets of Igoli against alleged invasion of their farm lands by Chinese miners. According to information by sources on the ground, the protesters vehemently oppose releasing their farmland for mining activities.
By Jonathan Ugbal Listen To The Report There is currently a tense atmosphere at the headquarters of the Cross River State Water Board Limited in Calabar after the former Managing Director, Mr. Victor Ekpo forced his way into the premises and his former office while using men of the Nigeria Police Force to scare away
By Patrick Obia Listen To The Report The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, Cross River State chapter on Thursday, June 2, 2022, in Calabar, staged another peaceful protest against the 108 days long strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. The peaceful protest is to express the students’ displeasure with the industrial