The University of Calabar (fondly called UNICAL) was first established as the Calabar campus of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN). It was in 1975 that the Federal Military Government announced Unical as a full-fledged academic institution. On that note, the university started operating as an autonomous institution without affiliation to UNN. Unical is ranked
By Odey Ojeka The University of Calabar (UNICAL) has lost a Senior Lecturer, Dr. Georgina Ekama Okoli. Dr. Okoli until her death was a teacher in the department of Guidance and Counseling, faculty of education. “She passed away after a brief illness,” says her husband, Pastor Okoli. Maintaining that “the burial details will be made public
By CrossRiverWatch Admin A jambite identified as Miss Aker Nguyilan has died on her way to write JAMB on Wednesday in a centre within Ikot Ekpene in Akwa Ibom State. According to report by Yaba Left, she was involve in a bike (motorcycle) accident that claimed her life. Miss Nguyilan Aker (from Benue State) until her death
By Archibong Jeremiah A student of the University of Calabar, UNICAL whose name wasn’t gotten stripped to his undies as his marriage proposal was rejected by his fiance. The student could be seen in the video taking off his clothes while on his knees after his proposal was rejected. The lady dressed in black (name
By Archibong Jeremiah A graduate of Zoology and Environmental Biology (ZEB), University of Calabar, late Maxwell Enudi Lucky took his life. Late Maxwell yesterday committed suicide by taking ‘sniper’ – a poisonous. He graduated December 2019, to defend his project February 2020. A classmate of the deceased who preferred not to be named told Grass
By CrossRiverWatch Admin As a policy, the federal government makes private companies to cough out education tax for the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), which was set up to address the infrastructural challenge in public tertiary institutions across the country. In accordance with the provisions of the TETFund Act 2011, registered companies in Nigeria are imposed
The award winning Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar, Prof. Zana Akpagu was four years into his five years tenure on the 30th of November 2019. He assumed office formally as the 10th and first Alumnus Vice Chancellor of the University on the 30th November 2015. Unarguably, UNICAL, a 2nd generation University has had
By CrossRiverWatch Admin In a keenly contested Space Law Moot court Competition, among students of Universities representing their continents, the African Continent was represented by students of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) led by a team coach, Ms. Anne Uruegi Agi. The team was made up of Nelly-Helen Ebruka, Augustine Ushie, and Kaunda John Chinomso.