The University of Calabar, UNICAL on Friday honoured 143 staff members of the institution in the 2023, Meritorious Service Award. The awards which were given to both academic and non-academic employees of the institution were the second by the current administration in the university, the first was in 2022. Addressing the awardees and other staff…
By Frank Ulom The University of Calabar, UNICAL under the leadership of the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Florence Obi, has made history by inducting 229 graduands of Nursing Sciences into the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria, N&MCN. Speaking at the 10th UNICAL Induction/Oath Taking Ceremony of Nursing Science Graduands at the UNICAL International Conference Centre on…
By Frank Ulom Call for Applications 2023/2024 Session The Management of the University of Calabar has established the Work-to-Study programme that allows students in need the opportunity of being engaged as ad-hoc or casual staff while pursuing their studies in the institution. The programme which is designed to support needy students is structured in a…
By Chris Njoku The University of Calabar, UNICAL has awarded scholarship grants to 34 high-flying students in the institution in its maiden Vice Chancellor Scholarship Award Scheme. This was disclosed by Prof. Florence Obi, Vice-Chancellor of UNICAL during the presentation of the award to the deserving students of the institution in the institution’s Senate Chamber….
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 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 Taiye Agbaje A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, granted bail to Prof. Cyril Ndifon, former Dean of Faculty of Law, University of Calabar (UNICAL) who is undergoing trial for sexual harassment in the sum of N250 million with two sureties in the like sum. Justice James Omotosho, in a ruling, also admitted Mr…
By Onigah Joseph IN THE BEGINNING: Coincidence, they say, “is when God does a thing and chooses to remain anonymous.” This axiom reveals the hidden hand of God in our destinies. For Prof. Florence Banku Obi, the current Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar, her rise to this position certainly rhymes with the axiom….
By Nsikak Ibatt On Thursday at about 8:35 PM, fire engulfed the Central Store House of the Students’ Affairs Division, University of Calabar, burning down office equipment worth millions of naira as well as files that contained Students’ documentation. The students and staff of the institution placed a distress call to the firefighters at about…
