By Favour Adinya The Management of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) have clarified that no life was lost in the recent stampede that occurred during the school’s examination. The Vice Chancellor, Prof. Florence Banku Obi, on Thursday February 27th, 2025 debunked claims that there were casualties as alleged in some quarters. She noted this in
By Favour Adinya The Management of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) has said the proposed examination for her students will go ahead despite the date and time clashing with the state monthly clean-up. In an announcement, Prof. Tony Eyang, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic), confirmed that all examinations scheduled for Saturday, February 22, 2025, will proceed
By Godwin Otang The Management of the University of Calabar, UNICAL says the crowd crush and collapse witnessed at an examination venue on Saturday was due to “unruly student’s behavior.” This is even as the management confirmed CrossRiverWatch’s report of students being hospitalized due to the stampede and announced that it was actually 21 students
By Isaac Jarigbe and Etido Okon The Management of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) has suspended the second-semester examination that commenced on Monday 9 January 2023 to give students another opportunity to register for courses. Final-year students of the Department of Theater Art amongst others had staged a protest and disrupted the exams over the
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State has pleaded with the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) to shelve the plan to relocate its Calabar office to neighboring Akwa Ibom State. The examinations body had in a statement earlier on Tuesday said since its office was razed on October 24, 2020 hence the