The Vice-Chancellor of University of Calabar, UNICAL, Florence Obi, has confirmed the suspension of Joseph Akpan, a lecturer accused of manipulating examination scores. Akpan, the Head of Pharmacology Department, faces allegations of tampering with 235 out of 242 exam scripts for the “Introduction to General Antimicrobial Pharmacology” (PHM 311) course. This means that only five…
Eteng Jonah Williams, senator representing Cross River Central Senatorial district in Nigeria’s senate, has expressed his admiration for child gymnast, Dida Ubi Ettah, who shone brightly at the just concluded 2024 National Youth Games in Asaba, Delta State. Williams who received 9-year old Dida and her team, after she snapped up one gold medal, two…
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FIFA badged referee and University of Calabar, Cross River State lecturer, Joseph Odey Ogabor, will this Friday, October 11, 2024, at the 60,000 capacity Hammadi Agrebi Olympic Stadium, Tunisia, officiate the Tunisia versus Comoros AFCON ’25 football qualification match. This will be Ogabor’s eight FIFA refereeing assignment, following his recent impeccable job as the centre…
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A family court in Cross River State, presided over by the Honourable Justice Blessing Egwu of Family Court II Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria, has sentenced one 48 year old man, Ita Okon, to life imprisonment for raping an 8-year old girl in Calabar. Okon, in addition to the life sentence, by the court, was…
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Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, and former Attorney General of Cross River State, Tanko Ashang, family sources in Abuja confirmed, died in Abuja, Tuesday morning, October 8, 2024, as he readied himself for work. It was not medically clear, at press time, what may have caused his death, but friends, associates and admirers of the…
While the Cross River State Independent Electoral Commission, CROSIEC, had announced that chairman and councillorship aspirants in this month’s local government elections will have to part with N5 million and N1 million respectively, for forms as stipulated in the amended State Independent Electoral Commission, CROSIEC law, state governor, Bassey Edet Otu, has made a formal…