By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Management of the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH), has announced plans to evacuate and conduct a mass burial of abandoned and unclaimed corpses in its mortuary. In a public notice dated September 30, 2026, the hospital management said the decision became necessary following the prolonged retention of corpses whose statutory
By Sylvia Akpan The Cross River State Ministry of Education, has pledged stronger collaboration with the College of Education and University of Calabar, to strengthen teacher preparation and improve education delivery across the state. The Commissioner for Education, Prof. Stephen Odey made the commitment on Tuesday while serving as Chairman of the 2026 2nd Annual
By Sylvia Akpan The management of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) has disowned an individual identified as “Prof. Odong”, who is allegedly impersonating a staff member of the institution’s Information and Communication Technology (ICT) unit and demanding money from students to alter or improve their examination results. The warning was contained in a notice issued
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, has affirmed the conviction of Professor Cyril Osim Ndifon, the erstwhile Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Calabar, for soliciting pornographic, indecent and obscene photographs from a female student. The Court of Appeal, in its judgment delivered on Thursday, September 18, 2026, in Appeal
By Sylvia Akpan The University of Calabar (UNICAL) has suspended nine students for one academic session following their involvement in examination misconduct. The suspension was approved by the University Senate based on the recommendations of the Senate Examination Misconduct Committee (SEMC). The decision was conveyed in a letter signed by the University Registrar, Dr. (Mrs.)
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