By Nsan Ndoma-Neji The Board of Trustees of National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools NAPPS has taken over the leadership of its Cross River State chapter following the protracted crisis rocking the association. Announcing the takeover on Tuesday in Calabar, the BoT member representing South-South Zone and sole Interim Authority for Cross River State,…
By Kelvin Obambon Aggrieved staff of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) recruited between 2019 and 2020 on Tuesday staged a protest on campus over the university management’s continuous failure to place 266 workers on its payroll, despite explicit directives from the National Assembly and the Office of the Head of Service of the Federation (OHCSF)….
By JOF Media Schools and communities across Obanliku Local Government Area of Cross River State have benefited from the 4th Intervention Programme of the Joseph Ogogo Foundation (JOF), as the Foundation deepens its commitment to grassroots education and sustainable community development. The intervention, undertaken during the second and third weeks of the new academic session,…
Teachers trained in Nigeria and Ghana are no longer eligible to apply for Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) in England under the United Kingdom’s overseas-trained teacher application route. The change took effect on September 9 and means teachers trained in the two West African countries can no longer use the route to obtain QTS, a status…
By Nsan Ndoma-Neji The Ofutop Nation in Ikom Local Government Area of Cross River State has unveiled Ekuum Bass Cultural festival tagged “An Echo from the Woods in Abaragba community to revive the cultural heritage of the people. The colourful ceremony, themed “From Indigenous Knowledge To Future Innovation,” was used by the President of Patrick…
By Livingstone Ogbang, mni At its last meeting, the Cross River State Executive Council approved the immediate relocation of the Cross River State College of Education (COE) to the site of the Teachers Continuous Training Institute (TCTI) in Biase. The decision was reached after months of extensive deliberations. It is aimed at ensuring that the…
By Ovat Abeng The leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities ASUU Owerri Zone, has revealed that over fifty casual lecturers at the Imo State University (IMSU) Owerri, are earning fifty thousand naira only as monthly salary amidst hardship in Nigeria. The union lamented that the Varsity lecturers have been on strike for the…
By Ovat Abeng The Anambra State Police Command has commenced enhanced security deployment to schools and strategic locations across the State as schools resume for the new academic session, in line with the Inspector-General of Police’s Safe School Initiative. The operation, according to the Command’s spokesperson, SP Tochukwu Ikenga in a statement in Awka on…
By Kelvin Obambon In a bid to ease the financial burden on parents ahead of the new academic session, leader of Polling Unit 16, Ward 6 in Calabar South Local Government Area, Hon. Archibong Orok, on Saturday, presented educational support grants totalling N400,000 to primary school pupils in the area. During the ceremony, 20 pupils…
By Ovat Abeng The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Nnamdi Azikiwe University (Unizik), Awka Branch, Anambra State, has suspended its withdrawal of services following the full payment of the outstanding August 2026 salary to all its members. The suspension takes effect immediately, Friday, September 11, 2026, five days after the branch commenced the industrial…
