By Favour Adinya The University of Calabar (UNICAL) has hosted its first National Colloquium Conference on Special Needs Education. The conference held on Thursday October 17, 2024, is in honor of Prof. Emeka Desmond Ozoji’s retirement. The two-day conference, themed “Nigerian Special Needs Education in Search of an Identity,” aims to tackle the challenges and
By Patrick Obia As suspension galore continues in the University of Calabar, the institution has suspended another lecturer, Dr. Joseph Idung of the Department of Science Laboratory Technology. In a letter of suspension addressed to the lecturer by the Registrar Gabriel Egbe, states that Dr. Joseph has refused to return money collected from students for
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Unrelenting in her bid to rid the institution of vices, the Management of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) has announced the removal from office and suspension from duties of the acting Head of the Department of Pharmacology, Dr. Joseph Akpan. According to a release signed by the University Registrar, Mr. Gabriel Egbe,
By Mercy Ibor The University of Calabar Vice Chancellor, Professor Florence Banku Obi, has resumed duty after a long vacation abroad. The resumption quells speculations of her sack as insinuated in different quarters. Upon resumption, the 11 substantive vice chancellor presided over the school Senate sitting before embarking on an inspection tour of ongoing projects,
By Fortune Erim Parents of students of Nursing Science, Ititgi in Abi Local Government Area of Cross River, have decried massive extortion in the school. Some parents and students who disclosed to CrossRiverWatch said the school management drives joy extorting from students. “There’s a lot of extortion and exploitation going on there, the school is
By Favour Adinya The University of Calabar (UNICAL) has suspended all planned elections for the Law Students Association of Nigeria (LAWSAN), citing an existing ban on electioneering activities within the faculty. This decision comes after the Vice Chancellor, Professor Florence Obi received reports of students planning to conduct LAWSAN elections despite the ban. According to
By Marvellous Nkanu The Management of the University of Calabar, (UNICAL), has suspended final-year students of the faculty of Engineering, for flouting the school’s reckless driving, wild celebration, and flying of colors rules. In a memo signed by the school’s Registrar, Gabriel Egbe said the Vice Chancellor, Professor Florence Obia is dismayed by the report
By Favour William And Marvellous Nkanu Brencare Foundation, a non-profit organization with a vision of assisting adolescent girls and teenage out-of-school mothers and other gender-related issues has extended hands of fellowship to not less than 15 beneficiaries of its scholarships and full educational kits in Cross River State. In her recent outreach at Government Secondary