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
By Paschal Okwor The University of Calabar (UNICAL) has suspended 19 students over alleged examination misconduct. The school Management conveyed this in a letter made available on Tuesday 7th July, 2026 and signed by the Director of Administration, Dr. Citizen Ekpo, on behalf of the Registrar, Dr. Chukwuka Icha. The institution’s spokesman, Mr. Effiong Eyo
By Louiza Obi A Professor in the Faculty of Medical Laboratory Science at the University of Calabar (UNICAL), Prof. Ifeyinwa Maryann Okafor, has emerged as the only African recipient of the prestigious 2026 Association for the Advancement of Blood and Biotherapies (AABB) Foundation Grant, earning international recognition for her groundbreaking research in transfusion medicine. The
By Patrick Obia The Cross River State Police Command has declared Benjamin Hilda, a 30-year-old student of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) missing. The Theatre Arts Department student, Benjamin reportedly left his residence in early 2025 for an unknown destination and has not returned home nor seen since then. He was last contacted by his
BY Godwin Ajom The University of Calabar (UNICAL ) has threatened to sanction any Head of Department (HOD), who intentionally delay students’ results, or violates the laws guiding the institution. The warning was conveyed in a release signed by the Vice Chancellor of the institution, Prof. Offiong Efanga Offiong, urging lecturers and head of departments
By Sylvia Akpan A teenage girl identified as Favour Okokon Oqua, has been declared missing in Calabar after attending second carnival Calabar dry run. Favour, 16, hails from Big Qua in Calabar Municipality Local Government Area and recently gained admission into the University of Calabar, (UNICAL), where she is enrolled in the Department of Peace
By Kelvin Ololo The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) branches at the University of Calabar (UNICAL), University of Cross River State (UNICROSS), and the University of Education and Entrepreneurship (UEE) Akamkpa have declared readiness to join the union’s looming indefinite nationwide strike, citing the Federal Government’s failure to conclude the renegotiation of the 2009
By TheInvestigator The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday, November 17, 2025, convicted the suspended Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Calabar (UNICAL), Prof. Cyril Ndifon, and sentenced him to five years imprisonment for sexually harassing his female students. Delivering judgment, Justice James Omotosho found Prof. Ndifon guilty on two of the