By Sylvia Akpan Ten final-year students of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Calabar (UNICAL) have been awarded the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) Student Hardship Grant for the 2025/2026 academic session. The development was disclosed by the Vice Chancellor of the varsity, Prof. Offiong Okon, in a post on his official Facebook account. According
By Kelvin Ololo The 1994 alumni set of the Faculty of Law, University of Calabar (UNICAL), has called on the university management to improve the faculty’s environment, while donating three internet-enabled computers and instituting a N500,000 annual prize for outstanding graduating students. The alumni made the appeal on Friday during a courtesy visit to the
By Nsan Ndoma-Neji, Paradise News Palpable tension erupted at the Chapel of Redemption Church on the University of Calabar (UNICAL) campus on Sunday after operatives of the Cross River State Police Command stormed the premises and ordered an ongoing service to end abruptly over a festering leadership crisis. Worshippers were thrown into confusion as police
By Nsan Ndoma-Neji A Federal High Court (vacation court), sitting in Port Harcourt has ordered the Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar, Prof. Offiong E. Offiong, and five others from sacking the Chaplain of the Chapel of Redemption, Rev. Joseph Ushie. Hon. Justice Phoebe Ayua gave the order in Suit No. FHC/CA/FHR/87/2026 while granting
By Sylvia Akpan The Management of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) has directed 214 students in the Faculty of Law to return to their original departments after discovering that they were not officially admitted into the Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) program. The decision followed an internal review of the admission status of students in LL.B
By Ettah rejoice The University of Calabar (UNICAL) has announced that it will not admit candidates into its Medicine and Surgery, Medical Laboratory Science, and Dentistry programs for the 2026/2027 academic session. The announcement was made in an urgent public notice issued by the University’s Public Relations Unit, advising all affected candidates to immediately visit
By Patrick Obia The Governing Council of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) has dismissed eight members of staff and sanctioned another following various cases of alleged misconduct. The decisions were contained in a memo issued by the Office of the Registrar on July 17, 2026, detailing disciplinary actions approved at the university’s 174th Governing Council
By Christiana Uka The University of Calabar (UNICAL) has dismissed claims by the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) that it has failed to refund students who paid their tuition fees before receiving disbursements from the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND). NANS had listed UNICAL among 39 tertiary institutions it alleged were yet to refund