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Calabar Roadside Sweepers Protest Four Months Unpaid Salary, Government Pay Deaf Ears 

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

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UNICAL: After Students Protest, Management Suspend Examination To January 23rd

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

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VIDEO: Watch UNICAL Final-Year Students Protest, Disrupt Exams Over Inability To Register

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

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BREAKING: Ogoja Community Protest Against Chinese Miners

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.

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BREAKING: Ex Water Board MD Whom Staff Protested Against, Forcibly Enters Office With Police

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

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108 Days ASUU Strike: Nigerian Students Protest In Calabar, Say No School No Election

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

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Angry Civil Servants Shutdown State Secretariat Over Unpaid Salary, Get Another Promise From Governor Ayade

By Patrick Obia Listen To The Report The Cross River State Civil Service headquarters in Calabar is currently under lock and key as 1800 civil servants employed four years ago are protesting over unpaid salaries. The protesters in their numbers barricaded the entrances of the secretariat and chanted solidarity songs with leaves saying they are

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#ASUUStrike: Nigerian Students Stage Protest Against FG, ASUU In Calabar

By Patrick Obia The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) on Monday in Calabar, protested the incessant strike action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). ASUU embarked on a month long total and comprehensive strike on February 14th, the 16th since 1999, to press home its demands for the implementation of the renegotiated

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