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UNICAL: 32 Bags First Class, As Varsity fix March 22 For 36th Convocation

By Able Winnard The University of Calabar (UNICAL) has announced that 32 graduates have bagged First Class honors, fixed Friday March 22, 2024 as the 36th convocation ceremony. The Vice Chancellor of the institution Professor Florence Obi in a pre-convocation press briefing on Monday said the introduction of quality assurance measures helped increase the number

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Alternative Opinion… BY AGBA JALINGO

Art is better than science. Science is better than art. Democracy is better than military government. Military government is better than democracy. Christianity is better than Islam. Islam is better than Christianity. A male child is better than a female child. A female child is better than a male child. Polygamy is better than monogamy.

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Suspected Soldiers Whisk Away News Editor

Friday Olokor Gunmen suspected to be soldiers on Friday abducted the Editor of FirstNews and former Kaduna Bureau Chief of The PUNCH, Segun Olatunji. He was picked at his home in the Iyana Odo, Abule Egba area of Lagos State. The management of the online Newspaper linked the action to a recent story published by

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GADA Train Stakeholders On Strategies To Curb GBV In Cross River LGAs

By Godwin Otang Stakeholders and rights advocates have been trained on methods to apply to curb Gender Based Violence (GVB) in four Cross River Local Government Areas of Akpabuyo, Calabar South, Calabar Municipal, and Bakassi. At a one-day training held on Friday 15 March 2024 a nongovernmental organization – Gender and Development Action (GADA) whose

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That We May Leave A Footprint… BY AGBA JALINGO

Yours sincerely had a conversation with Maazi Ogbonanya, who wrote the first Physics textbook in Igbo language today and he is so emphatic that this effort is just the beginning. He intends to get as much feedback, criticisms, and reviews as possible to enable him to subsequently improve on this phenomenal groundbreak he has achieved,

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PHOTOS: Late Madam Theresa Asa Laid To Eternal Rest 

By Godwin Otang And Sylvia Akpan The remains of the Late Madam Theresa Asa Effah has been laid to rest. She was interred at Calabar Vaults and Gardens, along the Tinapa road, after a funeral service held at Mary Pro-Cathedral, Efut Abua Calabar South Local Government Area of Cross River State, on Friday 15 March

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Governor Otu Applauds House Of Reps Efforts In Advancing Welfare, Funding For Judiciary

By Sylvia Akpan, Government House Correspondent Cross River State Governor, Sen. Bassey Otu has lauded the House Committee on Judiciary for their remarkable efforts and achievement in advancing welfare and funding for the Judiciary. The event was conducted at his office, Dan Archibong Lodge on Wednesday, when members of the House of Reps Committee on

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Sexual Harassment: Rights Advocates Drag UNICAL, Embattled Lecturer, Others To Court

By Godwin Otang Gender and Development Action (GADA), in collaboration with the Federation International of Female Lawyers (FIDA), has dragged the National University Commission (NUC),  University of Calabar (UNICAL); the Vice Chancellor, Professor Florence Obi, and the suspended Dean of the Faculty of Law, Prof. Cyril Ndifon to the Federal High Court sitting in Calabar.

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