Students across Obudu, Bekwarra, and Obanliku (OBO) Federal Constituency have expressed deep gratitude to Dr. Godwin Agbor for his recently concluded Scholarship/Grant Scheme, describing the initiative as “humanistic” and transformative. Beneficiaries told the media that the support was a rare and generous gesture, especially coming from a private individual who is neither a public office…
By Kelvin Obambon The Federal Government Girls College Calabar Old Girls Association, Class of 2005, commemorated their 20th anniversary by awarding scholarships to the best graduating students of the school, a gesture aimed at motivating the next generation of female leaders. Speaking at the ceremony held in the school premises on Monday September 29, 2025,…
Eleven beneficiaries head to top UK universities for advanced studies worth $40,000 each By Amawu, Cletus Albert Amawu In a major boost to human capital development, Senator Asuquo Ekpenyong, representing the Southern Senatorial District of Cross River State, has facilitated postgraduate foreign scholarships for eleven distinguished indigenes of the state under the Niger Delta Development…
By Ovat Abeng An academic advocacy group, De Imperial Philanthropic Family (DIPF) has commenced the 2025 scholarship examination for prospective JS1 students in Southeast Nigeria. The exercise for Anambra State began on Saturday, August 30, 2025, at Awka. Speaking during the Anambra scholarship examination, Chief Chikezie Okonkwo, Chairman Education Committee of De Imperial Philanthropic Family,…
By Ovat Abeng The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) Owerri Zone has urged the Nigerian Government (both federal and states) to allocate 30 percent budget to education sector. The zone argue that the percentage, if implemented would go a long way in addressing some of the challenges confronting public universities in the country, particularly,…
By Ovat Abeng The Anambra State Government has banned the practice of writing assignments inside textbooks, describing it as wasteful and unsustainable. The State Commissioner for Education, Prof. Ngozi Chuma-Udeh, announced the directive on Thursday while addressing participants on the third day of a capacity building workshop organized by the Ministry of Education for private…
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…