His Eminence, Edidem Ekpo Okon Abasi Otu V, the Obong of Calabar and Grand Patriarch of the Efik Kingdom, has expressed his appreciation to the Cross River State Governor, Prince Bassey Otu, for upgrading the former School of Nursing and Midwifery to the College of Nursing Sciences. The monarch praised the governor’s efforts in bringing…
A Kansas Professor has been placed on leave after saying men should be shot who don’t vote for Kamala Harris. Despite being placed on leave, the school appeared to defend him in a statement to the National News Desk. In a lecture hall full of students, the professor said men should be lined up and…
The University of Calabar (UNICAL) has extended the deadline for the sales of postgraduate forms as well as shifted the date for the Computer-Based Test (CBT) and oral interview. Update on Sales of forms deadline: According to information from the UNICAL College of Postgraduate Studies, the sales for form the 2023/2024 academic session, has been…
As the world marks Teacher’s Day today, 5th October, a teacher in Cross River State has called on Governor Bassey Otu to implement the new N70,000 minimum wage signed by President Bola Tinubu in July. CONVERSEER reports that since the signing of the new wage, Governor Otu is yet to act on it as the…
METHOD OF PAYMENT OF UNICROSS ACCEPTANCE FEE The Registrar of the University of Cross River State, Victor Ene, on Thursday, released a statement on how to pay UNICROSS Acceptance Fee. This is to inform all newly admitted students into Degree Programmes in the University of Cross River State (UNICROSS) who have already accepted their admission…
I could not see this skit among recent Danbello’s posts. I wish I can shed some light there on the education aspect of his skit on Bauchi State without holding a brief for its present Commissioner of Education. Yes. The popular thing is to believe that there is a shortage of teachers in public schools…
A National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member, Rilwan Amos Yakubu, has empowered no fewer than 60 students with digital skills in Anambra State. Yakubu who is serving with Fides Media, Okpuno, empowered the students with skills in videography and photography as part of his NYSC community development project. CONVERSEER reports that Yakubu, a graduate of…
The Provost of the Cross River State College of Nursing Sciences Itigidi, Mrs Ruth Ita Ebong, has reacted to the allegations of extortion bothering the school. The school has been on the news and social media recently over allegations bothering on extortion from the management, of which it was alleged, were made by the parents….
Due to inadequate compensation and poor administration, at least 30 senior lecturers at Bauchi State’s Sa’adu Zungur University (SAZU) have resigned. The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) zonal coordinator for the Bauchi Zone, Namo Timothy, revealed this to the press during a briefing. Timothy clarified that poor staff welfare and poor administration were the…
By Itam Offor/Victor Osim In furtherance of the Cross River State Assembly’s move to pass the Bill which will change the status of the College of Education (COE) Akamkpa as well as the College of Agriculture to universities, the House Committee on Education recently carried out oversight of the two schools. Speaking at COE Akamkpa,…
