By Our Reporter The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Calabar, UNICAL, Prof. Florence Obi has suspended two students of the institution from studies for flouting University laws. The notice of suspension conveyed in separate letters dated 21 February 2024, and signed by the University Registrar, Mr Gabriel Egbe indicates that one Otu Ime Monday in…
By Our Reporter The Teachers Continuous Training Institute (TCTI) in Biase, Cross River State, has commenced a statewide needs assessment of professional teachers across the State. The purpose of the exercise involving schools in the 18 Local Government Areas of the state is to get inputs from 300 participants on their current and future needs…
By Chris Njoku The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU on Monday disclosed that the Federal Government’s controversial no-work-no-pay policy was obnoxious and a breach of labour laws. The assertion was made by Ms Happiness Uduk, Zonal Coordinator of ASUU, Calabar Zone during a press conference in Calabar. Uduk called on the Federal Government to…
By Chris Njoku Women engineers under the auspices of the Association of Professional Women Engineers of Nigeria (APWEN) have advised leaders that only science and technology could secure the future of Nigeria. This was disclosed by Dr Adebisi Osim, President of APWEN on Saturday in Calabar while commemorating the International Day for Women and Girls in…
By Nsan Ndoma-Neji The Deputy Governor of Cross River State, Rt. Hon. Peter Odey has provided logistic support to Benedict Ori who is set to create a new Guinness World Records, GWR in reading. Ori who hails from Ojirim, Mbube, Ogoja, is a second-year English & Literary Studies student of the University of Calabar, UNICAL….
By Chris Njoku Mr Stanislaus Michael, a third-year student of Microbiology at the University of Calabar, UNICAL has revealed that the present economic hardship in the nation is making students creative both positively and negatively. Michael made the assertion in an interview with Converseer on Tuesday in Calabar while reacting to the economic challenges many…
By Our Reporter Hope Waddell Old Boys Association, HWOSA class of 1992 have awarded scholarships to two best overall students of the school in Junior and Senior Secondary categories for 2023/24 session. The scholarship endowment fund according to the association, was their way of promoting excellence and hard work while encouraging students to become more…
By Our Reporter The Cross River State Executive Council approves the payment of West African Examination Council, WAEC fees for 16,301 indigenes of public schools in the state. The State Government will be offsetting the payment with N440,127,000 (Four Hundred and Forty Million, One Hundred and Twenty-seven Thousand Naira) being for students writing the Senior…
By Frank Ulom Not less than 30 refugees have graduated from from the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons, NCFRMI Soap Making Training in Cross River State. Start-up kits, take-off grants as well of certifications were also presented to the refugees at the graduation ceremony held on Friday, 26 January 2024, at…
By Our Reporter OBUDU (CONVERSEER) – History was made today, 23 January 2024 when Dr Richard Ugbaha Utubaku, Provost of the Federal College of Education, FCE Obudu in Cross River, commissioned the FCE Obudu Table Water Factory. The Provost was accompanied to the event by his entire Management team. A cross-section of the College Community…
