By UNICAL VC Media Team On Sunday 5th January, 2025, the social media community wake up to a piece written by Dr. Peter Inyali with the caption “Four Years After, UNICAL Staff Employed By The Past Admin Remain At Home”. The writer raised a number of issues which border on the alleged refusal by Prof….
Four years after, majority of the people that were legitimately employed one year to the end of the past administration at the University of Calabar (UNICAL) are still at home as the current management has blatantly refused to allow them work or complete documentation. This is despite the fact that the same administration is being…
Calabar, Nigeria – The University of Calabar (UNICAL) has obtained a formal approval from the National Universities Commission (NUC) to establish a College of Education. This information was conveyed in a letter issued to the Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar by the NUC Acting Director, Academic Planning, onbehalf of the Acting Executive Secretary,…
Calabar, Nigeria – The Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar (UNICAL), Prof. Florence Obi, has approved the extension of the tenure of Prof. Omoogun Ajayi as Director of Academic Planning (DAP). A release issued by the Acting Registrar of the University of Calabar, Dr (Mrs) Chukwuka Icha, disclosed that the extension is for one…
Calabar, Nigeria – President of the Senate, Sen. Godswill Akpabio would serve as the lead ambassador for the 50th anniversary of the University of Calabar, (UNICAL) which would be celebrated in March 2025. This was disclosed in Calabar during the presentation of the UNICAL at 50 anniversary flag to the institution’s Pro-Chancellor, DIG Udom Ekpoudom…
Calabar, Nigeria – The Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar (UNICAL), Prof. Florence Obi, has completed five abandoned TETFund projects in the institution within one year – from December 1, 2023, to December 1, 2024. These projects include: Completion of abandoned Pharmaceutical and Medical Pharmacy Building Completion of abandoned Pharmacy Administrative Building Completion of…
Calabar, Nigeria – Soldiers of the Nigerian Army numbering seven have allegedly beat up a University of Calabar (UNICAL) student for wearing tinted hair. Converseer reports that the soldiers led by one Sgt Maria Okoi also manhandled the 19-year-old female student from the Department of Botany, for responding to questions with good English. The incident…
Since Prof. Florence Obi took over the mantle of leadership as the 11th and first female Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) four years ago, she has left nothing to chance in her avowed determination to enthrone academic excellence, infrastructural development, and student welfare. Prof. Obi’s passion for academic excellence has driven her…
Calabar, Nigeria – Mr Paul Eshiemomoh, National President of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) Alumni Association, has disclosed that it takes a journalist to shine the light and dispel darkness in any society. Eshiemomoh made the remark on Friday during a courtesy visit to the Earnest Bassey Press Centre of the Nigeria Union of Journalists…
Calabar, Cross River State – The Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar Prof. Florence Banku Obi, has described the outgoing Registrar of the University of Calabar Mr Gabriel Egbe, as an exceptional being and astute administrator. Prof. Obi made the statement during a valedictory event in honour of the outgoing Registrar held at the…
