By Ovat Abeng Anambra state branch coordinator of Rotary Action Group For Peace Nigerian Chapter, RAGFP-NC, Rtn. Engr Obiudu Chidi, has urged political science students of Nwafor Orizu College of Education Nsugbe (NOCEN), to distinguished themselves as professionals from crowd politics in Nigeria. Chidi gave the charges while delivery a lecture at this year 2025…
By Ovat Abeng The leadership of Academic Staff Union of Universities, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka branch (ASUU-UNIZIK), has expressed worry over the same salary structure for members in the past sixteen years. The Union expressed their dissatisfaction while protesting in front of the University gate by Enugu-Onitsha expressway Awka, on Tuesday to call the attention…
By Nsan Ndoma-Neji Academic Staff of Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Cross River State branch has demanded for regular salary payment, calling for an end to misuse of TETFUND Monies that ought to be for researches and development in UNICROSS. The union leadership made the demands during a solidarity rally for national leadership of…
By Dr Efio-Ita Nyok Mlumun, 17, looks through her well-worn notebook in the dusty courtyard of a northern Cross River secondary school. Her grades are in the high 80s, and she writes neatly, but there is a persistent worry in her eyes. The family’s daily meals are barely within her father’s means as a menial…
By Kingsley Agim There are people who teach, and there are those who transform. Mr. Cornelius Ellah, fondly known as Cornel, is one of those rare gems who embodies both. A man whose journey into the classroom, from his own historical account, was almost reluctant, but whose impact within those four walls has been nothing…
By Ovat Abeng The Governor of Anambra State, Chukwuma Charles Soludo, has officially confirmed the appointment of Professor Kate Azuka Omenugha as the substantive Vice Chancellor of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University (COOU), Anambra State. The formal appointment letter was presented to Professor Omenugha by Professor Solo Chukwulobelu, Secretary to the State Government, at a ceremony…
The United Kingdom has officially opened applications for the 2025/2026 Chevening Scholarship programme, offering fully funded one-year master’s degrees at any UK university to aspiring leaders across the globe, including Nigeria. The British High Commission announced that the application window will run from August 5 to October 7, 2025, with successful applicants receiving full financial…
The Office of the Special Assistant to the Governor of Cross River State on Student Affairs has launched a comprehensive Student Database Form aimed at capturing detailed information about Cross Riverians currently enrolled in tertiary institutions as well as recent graduates. This data-gathering initiative is part of a broader effort by the Governor Bassey Edet…
The National Industrial Court of Nigeria sitting in Calabar has issued an order restraining the University of Calabar (UNICAL) and its Governing Council from proceeding with the ongoing selection process for a new Vice-Chancellor. In Suit No. NICN/CA/40/2025 filed by Professor Joseph Eyo Duke, the claimant is challenging the advertisement published on 27 May 2025…
In a remarkable gesture of educational support and human capital development, Hon. Oden Ewa, Commissioner for Special Duties and Intergovernmental Relations and Chairman of the Green Economy Initiative in Cross River State, officially flagged off the award of 150 scholarships to students of the Federal Polytechnic, Ugep, for the 2025/2026 academic session. The initiative, under…
