By Nsan Neji CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – The Concerned Members of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) branch of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) have raised the alarm over N138 million alleged fraud that has rocked the branch. The alleged fraud, which dates back to 2019, follows the non-remittance of check-off dues amounting to one…
CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – The university is a crucial part of the higher education system with the primary purposes of teaching, research and community service. It is generally considered a place of excellence with the aim of promoting high standards in education, research and intellectual pursuit. As a key player in national development, the university system…
By Frank Ulom CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said it’ll embark on the mother of all strikes if the Federal Government does not heed to their demands. These demands include but not limited to renegotiation of the 2009 ASUU-FGN agreement; sustainable funding of universities; revitalisation of universities; victimisation of…
UNICAL cancels 2025/2026 post-UTME test, adopts O’level screening By Frank Ulom CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – The University of Calabar (UNICAL) has announced the cancellation of its Post-UTME Aptitude Test for the 2025/2026 academic session, opting instead to screen candidates based on their O’level results. In a statement issued on Thursday, 14 August 2025, by the Registrar…
UNICAL External Advertisement for Academic Staff Positions The University of Calabar which started academic work in 1975 has one of its objectives to encourage the advancement of learning. The University seeks to promote courses of instruction and other facilities for the pursuant of learning in all its Branches. Applications are hereby invited from suitably qualified…
CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – The Governing Council/Senate of the University of Calabar (UNICAL), in the exercise of its august authority, has promoted Dr Stephen Odey to the rank of Professor. Professor Stephen Odey’s life stands as an irrefutable testament to the transformative puissance of unwavering determination, unyielding discipline, and an indomitable intellectual spirit. His intellectual sojourn…
The 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has donated N20 million to the Faculty of Dentistry, University of Calabar (UNICAL).
Tension swept through the South South Zone B Federal House of Representatives Constitutional Review hearing in Calabar on Saturday, as hundreds of students from the Faculty of Dentistry, University of Calabar (UNICAL), staged a peaceful protest over the prolonged delay in their professional induction.
The University of Calabar invites applications from suitable JAMB UTME candidates for Post-UTME Screening Exercise for admission into the University for the 2025/2026 Academic Session. Interested candidates are to be guided by the following information.
The Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar (UNICAL), Prof. Florence Obi, has addressed the ongoing controversy surrounding the over-admission of students into the university’s Dentistry programme, clarifying that the issue has been grossly misrepresented on social media.
