By CrossRiverWatch Admin Men of the Nigeria Police, Cross River State Command have detained a social commentator Mr. Joseph Odok for allegedly housing dangerous weapons. According to Odok who spoke to CrossRiverWatch, ‘I am being kept in police custody over allegations that I am housing dangerous weapons in my Calabar residence. “The Police went and
By Ushang Ewa The Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar, Professor Zana Akpagu has been knighted. Zana, a member of the Roman Catholic Church last weekend became a Knight of Saint Mulumba following the completion of the initiation rites as stipulated in the constitution of the order. He was decorated at the St. Bernard
Every university is established on the background of sustainable development and steady growth not only in infrastructure but also in the quality of staff, teaching, programs etc. run by the institution. A steady curricula expansion ordinarily ought to have been a consistent practice in Nigerian Universities but because of impunity, corruption and lack of focus
By Jonathan Ugbal The federal government has appointed Senator Nkechi Justina Nwaogu as the Pro Chancellor of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) a statement from the federal ministry of education says. The statement signed by the minister for education, Mallam Adamu Adamu and dated April 6, 2017 said that President Muhammadu Buhari had approved the
By Monday Ogar The leadership of the University of Calabar under the new Vice Chancellor, Professor Zana Akpagu has embarked on massive infrastructure renewal and reconstruction in the campus. CrossRiverWatch took a tour of the facilities on campus recently and we bring you exclusive pictures:
By Jonathan Ugbal The University of Calabar chapter of the Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities (SSANU-UCB) has passed a vote of no confidence on its chairman, Joseph Eteng removing him from office. His vice, Richard Ita is to take over in acting capacity for a period not exceeding 90 days as stipulated in the
The Bursary department is a critical component of a University that requires a disciplined, transparent, accountable and financially creative individual to mange. It is to the University what advertisement is to the media house; live wire. This is because no institution, not just a University functions without a well organized bursary. The head of the
By Inyali Peter The investigation of the former Bursar of the University of Calabar (UNICAL), Peter Agi had seen dozens of petitions from almost every quarter of the Varsity with that of the institution’s branch of the Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU) causing more havoc CrossRiverWatch findings reveal. The eleven page petition signed by