By Richard Ndoma, Leadership Newspaper Suspended Law Faculty Dean of the University of Calabar (UNICAL), Prof Cyril Ndifon has sued the Institution’s Vice Chancellor, Prof. Florence Obi for character defamation and alleged sponsorship of protest against him just because she wanted him out from the position of Dean. In Suit No: NICN/CA/ 42/ 2023 between
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar, Prof. Florence Banku Obi, has approved the appointment of Dr. Rose Ohiama Ugbe, as the Acting Dean of the Faculty of Law. They also set up a Committee to take charge of students’ mobilization to Law School, review, and possibly recall those already sent
By Archibong Jeremiah The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) ad-hoc committee set up to investigate the allegations of sexual assault against the suspended Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Calabar, Prof. Cyril Ndifon will arrive in Calabar, Cross River State capital tomorrow, Monday 21 August 2023. The ad-hoc committee members are the NBA’s 1st
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The recent allegations of sexual harassment levelled on the suspended Dean of the Faculty of Law in the University of Calabar, Prof. Cyril Ndifon has ignited a nationwide conversation on how to deal with sex predators in academic settings. Speakers on an X (formerly Twitter) Space on Friday hosted by CrossRiverWatch discussing
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Management of the University of Calabar has suspended the Dean, Faculty of Law, Prof. Cyril Ndifon for alleged violation of the provisions of the extant laws and policies of the institution. The suspension, which takes effect from August 17, 2023, was conveyed in a letter signed by the University Registrar, Mr.
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Cross River’s foremost investigative media outfit, CrossRiverWatch is set to convene a Twitter space over increasing issues of sexual harassment in tertiary institutions in the State. The Twitter space is scheduled for Friday 18th of August, 2023, from 3:00PM – 415PM. According to the Managing Editor of the dogged media house, Comrade
I believe NotProf. Ndifon was meant to be a fine intelligent Man from my own warm part of Nigeria. Coincidentally married to a cousin of my ‘husband’. Hmmm … Funny how nature brought the circle around. I was just turning 18 when I got into his class in year 2. He taught Legal Methods at
By Nsan Ndoma-Neji, National Compass NG The Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Calabar, Prof. Cyril Ndifon, has debunked allegation of high handedness, and sexual harassment, levelled against him by some students of the Faculty, saying that the protest was masterminded by some persons in the faculty, who had sworn to do everything