In a major boost to grassroots child protection and community welfare, the University of Calabar (UNICAL) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have successfully graduated 74 auxiliary social workers in Obanliku Local Government Area of Cross River State. The intensive six-month certificate programme, designed to bridge the gap in qualified frontline social personnel, was…
In a major move to bridge the gap in the child protection workforce, 28 newly trained Auxiliary Social Workers graduated during a ceremony held at the Chambers of Elders Hall in the Calabar Municipal Local Government Council. The intensive program, designed to combat and prevent violence against children at the grassroots, was delivered by the…
By Kelvin Obambon In seeking to enhance the professional readiness of future media practitioners, the newly unbundled Department of Journalism and Media Studies at the University of Calabar (UNICAL) has sought a strategic partnership with the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Cross River State Council. The Acting Head of Department, Dr. Kwita Dan-Obo, led a…
By Kelvin Obambon The Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar (UNICAL), Professor Offiong Effanga Offiong, has announced that the institution is set to graduate a total of 10,820 students during its upcoming 38th Convocation Ceremony. Speaking during a press conference in Calabar on Thursday, April 2, 2026, to herald the commencement of the graduation…
In readiness for the proactive commencement of first batch Vocational Skills Empowerment Program “VoSEP”, Special Adviser to Cross River State Governor on Local Content, Ambassador Awatt Caleb undertook a 3-days working visits to different Technical Training Centers (TTCs), to strengthen partnership for collective advancement of the initiative and to equip cross riverians with hands-on-practical market-…
By Our Reporter A five-year legal battle between the University of Calabar (UNICAL) and eight of its students has concluded with a scathing judgment from the Federal High Court sitting in Calabar. The court declared the institution’s actions in admitting students into unaccredited engineering programs as “fraudulent, reckless, and deceitful.” Presiding Judge, Justice R. O….
Despite the Federal Government’s announcement that it has commenced implementation of the renegotiated agreement with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), investigations reveal that the 40 per cent salary increase is yet to be reflected in the pay of lecturers across many federal universities. Findings by The Guardian showed that of the 74 federal universities nationwide, only ASUU…
By Kelvin Obambon A final year student in the Department of History and International Studies, University of Calabar (UNICAL), Daniel Udoh, has taken his birthday celebration to the Government Children Home Uwanse (formerly the Motherless Babies Home Uwanse) to put smiles on the faces of the children. Daniel, a senator representing faculty of Arts and…
The National Industrial Court of Nigeria sitting in Calabar has issued an order restraining the University of Calabar (UNICAL) and its Governing Council from proceeding with the ongoing selection process for a new Vice-Chancellor. In Suit No. NICN/CA/40/2025 filed by Professor Joseph Eyo Duke, the claimant is challenging the advertisement published on 27 May 2025…
By Frank Ulom The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Calabar, Prof. Florence Banku Obi, has paid a courtesy call on the immediate past President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, GCFR. Speaking during the visit, Prof. Obi recalled the roles played by the former president in uplifting the standard of education…
