By Efio-Ita Nyok CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – 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…
Dr. Michael Nku Abuo, Founder of CRISPON. By Ita Williams, Calabar It was a night of celebration, reflection, and recognition as Dr. Michael Nku Abuo, Director General of the Cross River Political Network (CRISPON), combined his 40th birthday with the launch of five books that took him 15 years to write. The event, held on…
Application opens for Cross River State scholarship 2025 By Nsan Neji CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – The Cross River State Scholarship Board has commenced application for the 2025 scholarship for indigene students. According to a statement by Prof. Paul Itara, Chairman of the State Scholarship Board, during the week, the scheme is to provide financial support to…
By Nsan Neji AWKA (CONVERSEER) – Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University (COOU) has unveiled the official portrait of its 5th substantive Vice Chancellor, Prof. Kate Azuka Omenugha. The portrait, according to the management of the University marks a transition from the previous one and now rightly bears the title Vice Chancellor, not Acting Vice Chancellor. “As…
The inaugural lecturer, Prof. Stanislaus Orjighjigh Iyorza (left), receiving a memento from the Deputy Vice Chancellor Academic, Prof. Tony Eyang who represented the Vice Chancellor. By Anietie Akpan A university don has urged the Federal Government to make local dialect a compulsory subject for gaining University admission. While delivering the 142nd inaugural lecture of the…
